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Republican resurrection? : Comments

By Chris Golis, published 14/5/2013

How will Australians respond to the Australian Republican Movement's (ARM) recent plans?

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Geoff of perth,
It's amazing how the brainwashed/morons can't see the obvious so they dig as hard as they can to find the devious.
Posted by individual, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 9:46:40 AM
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Individual,

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. It does you no credit to libel your opponents but, perhaps, shows the weakness of your argument.
Posted by Francis, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 12:17:23 PM
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Democracy, Winston Churchill once famously said, is the worst form of government except for all the others ever tried. But has it ever been tried?

In columnist Harold Myerson’s words, “the problem isn’t that we’re too democratic. It’s that we’re not democratic enough.”

Myerson wrote in “Foundering Fathers,” printed in the American Prospect in October 2011, “The authors of the U.S. Constitution, for example, grounded ultimate power in “we the people” while denying them any such power or even much access to it.”

I think we need a much bigger rethink of the way we govern ourselves, the push for a Republic is but one suggestion, unfortunately it has more traction and support opposed to possible other better democratic government systems.
Posted by Geoff of Perth, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 3:31:20 PM
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As far as I'm aware, anarchy has never been tried

Before automatically responding 'that will never work' consider that the key problem with every single political system ever tried since the dawn of time has been abuse of power (power corrupts)

Isn't it time we looked closely at a system in which no individual has more power than anyone else ??
Posted by praxidice, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 3:39:20 PM
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Anarchy is the refuge of all political systems. They all end up there eventually.

The best system I can think of is the mind your own bloody business system! This one might just have a chance.
Posted by RawMustard, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 8:10:29 PM
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“The authors of the U.S. Constitution, for example, grounded ultimate power in “we the people” while denying them any such power or even much access to it.”

It's called the 2nd Amendment. Perhaps that's why they're trying to take their guns of them?
Posted by RawMustard, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 8:17:59 PM
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