To: Clemenza
Govt by the minority ... isn't that called fascism --- intelligentsia - cabal ?
Main Entry: in·tel·li·gent·sia
Pronunciation: in-"te-l&-'jen(t)-sE-&, -'gen(t)-
Function: noun
Etymology: Russian intelligentsiya, from Latin intelligentia intelligence
Date: 1907
: intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite
Main Entry: 1ca·bal
Pronunciation: k&-'bäl, -'bal
Function: noun
Etymology: French cabale cabala, intrigue, cabal, from Medieval Latin cabbala cabala, from Late Hebrew qabbAlAh, literally, received (lore)
Date: 1614
: the artifices and intrigues of a group of persons secretly united to bring about an overturn or usurpation especially in public affairs; also : a group engaged in such artifices and intrigues
synonym see PLOT
8 posted on
11/03/2003 9:58:17 AM PST by
f.Christian
(evolution vs intelligent design ... science3000 ... designeduniverse.com --- * architecture * !)
To: f.Christian
I was referring to Jerfferson's concept of the "Tyranny of the Majority," as rule by the masses can be equally tyrannical to that of the worst despot.
Lets keep our system of constitutional checks and balances.
9 posted on
11/03/2003 10:02:32 AM PST by
Clemenza
(East side, West side, all around the town. Tripping the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York)
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