{"id":60030,"date":"2014-11-12T13:11:51","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T21:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=60030"},"modified":"2023-09-17T06:22:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T14:22:49","slug":"who-needs-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=60030","title":{"rendered":"Who Needs Democracy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sheldon Adelson said recently<\/a>: “I don\u2019t think the Bible says anything about democracy. [God] didn\u2019t talk about Israel remaining as a democratic state\u2026 Israel isn\u2019t going to be a democratic state \u2014 so what?\u201d<\/p>\n

I agree with this approach for Jews, for Israel, for America, for the West, for everyone. <\/p>\n

In certain times in certain places for certain peoples, democracy is great. In other times and places, it is not great for particular group interests. <\/p>\n

Intelligence researcher Linda Gottfredson wrote<\/a>: “Genetic differences in a population create a dilemma for democratic societies. Social inequality is inevitable when a society\u2019s members vary genetically in a trait, such as g, that is highly useful and rewarded by the society. Equal opportunity to use one\u2019s talents will guarantee unequal results. How much socioeconomic inequality there will be depends, in part, on the extent to which individuals are allowed to reap the benefits of their own competence and, conversely, to bear the consequences of lesser competence. Societies differ in the extent to which they allow the extremes of either.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sheldon Adelson said recently: “I don\u2019t think the Bible says anything about democracy. [God] didn\u2019t talk about Israel remaining as a democratic state\u2026 Israel isn\u2019t going to be a democratic state \u2014 so what?\u201d I agree with this approach for … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-israel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t