[GalvestonBeachcomber]

The road to hell is comfortably paved, slightly down hill and with no mile markers -- excellent for the sheeple.

[claptrap]

Sound logic in your observation, but remember there is a ray of hope for the enlightened although the way is narrow. Remember dont throw your perals to swine lest they trample them turn and tear you asunder!

[DoughtyOne]

This is the same gulash that inspired the inception of the Soviet Union. If the populace doesn't like what's being done to them, they should vote out the crooks. Evidently people don't mind so much eh?

[Cultural Jihad]

Thanks for posting. The culture used to be democratic, but not anymore. Now all the cultural power is wielded by a handful of powerful moral-liberals in the media, the universities, and the entertainment industries, who have expropriated it. We can end the WOD overnight by arresting these 500 elitists who are making a buck off of the misery of others.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

fyi

[Jimbaugh]

GREAT POST ! ! !

[Cacique]

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Nothing new here. Political scientists and Machiavelli knew all of this a long time ago.

However, the people do eventually have a great deal of influence. When they tire of the direction of the country they revolt. You can't keep stretching a rubber band, it ventually snaps.

[A6M3]

This observation really isn't true because the elected officials are elected by the people and in so doing the people delegate their power to their elected representatives. If our representatives are corrupt and it is known to their constituents and they keep electing them then it means the people are just as corrupt. The election and re-election of clinton is a classic example. In the United States a continually and openly corrupt government is a reflection of the moral character of the people who elect them.

[rvoitier]

The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation As a Basis for Social Policy by Thomas Sowell.

[friendly]

"The road to hell is comfortably paved, slightly down hill and with no mile markers"

Thanks for one of the more memorable quotes.. I am going to remember this quote and use it.

[185JHP]

DeTocqueville's statement couldn't be more correct: "America is a great country because Amerca is a good country. If America ever ceases to be a good country, she will cease to be a great country." (Not an exact quote) It doesn't matter whether you use the word "elite" in a pejorative/resentful way - leaders are important - always have been. That's why the "It's only about sex!" mantra was so offensive - and so tendentious.

[vox1138]

Time to practice vigilance. Point taken. Thank you.

[Dat]

Most people who complain about the elite are disappointed that they are not the elite. Given the chance they would be just as "corrupt" as the people they rail against.

[lavaroise]

This guy omited other leaders, those of crowds of people.