Is Democracy Sustainable in the Face of Human Nature?

[Al68]

I'm reminded of something that a frustrated John von Neumann said at some point about the state of pure math...

Reminds me of a Beavis and Butthead quote: "I hate numbers. There's..like..too many of them and stuff."

This is why I think Ivan's strategy is a pretty decent one. Our best bet in this system is to elect people who seem sane and hard-working.

As was pointed out earlier, the problem with that is that a politician being sane and hard working is a disadvantage if the politician is working against, instead of for, your interests. From my libertarian point of view, I only wish those politicians who have advocated authoritarian laws were less sane and hardworking, so they wouldn't have accomplished so much of their agenda.

The last politician I would ever want to vote for is a competent hardworking politician with an agenda I oppose.