Those words ARE meaningless key.

I agree with avo that having an election system does not mean everyone has a vote. It only means a certain form of control. Its a power balance. The smarter the people vote, the better the system works. If the leading people succeed in misleading the people the system works less good. It has nothing to do with responsibility. Nor with a "voice" for everyone.

There are a whole lot of things in disfavor of the "smart vote" part.
1.) People need correct information. The media to name an important factor, is largely subjective.
2.) The average person isn't very brilliant. Lets face the truth here.
3.) You need a large amount of time to judge the persons in power
4.) People don't have inside information in a lot of official documents.

...and I can go on for hours. The only reason a democracy works is because it has a control system were a despotism has not.

lol

or if he does.

...simply by participating.

@morbo:
I red. Country of origin does not define race. So its not racism but discrimination.

@zarf:
this discussion itself is a bit flawed ofc because of all hypothetical questions but for the sake of debate:

1.) The v2 rocket was operational only somewhere end 1944 (if I'm not mistaken, I have to look it up when I have more time).

2.) Making the atomic bomb, given there would have been no sabotage attempts, would have costs the Nazis a lot of manpower, money and resources. This would mean saving on another department. Nowadays we know where we would save the money as we know the future, but they didn't know.

3.) The atomic bomb was ways to heavy for a V2.

4.) The V2 was still far from reliable to hit target accurately. Some of them exploded at the ground. Which wouldn't be nice with an a-bomb on it.

5.) One of the effects of destroying a huge city would be a huge decrease in popularity and an increase in "patriotism".

@morbo:
There is a huge difference between inventing an atomic bomb and producing enough of them to be strategically important.

with a bit of luck...:)

were is deci?

@neo:
no a black guy did.

@selur ku:
you have to define wich country at least. In my country there is a law "against discrimination" eg.

Roflmao@avo and this thread.