Hello all!


THis was a topic of debate in this echo a couple of weeks
ago.  Bob K.'s tagline re sTupidity which was a HEinlein
quote reminded me of a quote of his I rediscovered the other day.  TO me
*it* summarizes Heinlein's political philosophy
fairly well.  IT reads:

            "Democracy can't work.  Mathematicians, peasants, and
         animals,  that's all there is--so democracy,  a   theory
         based on the assumption that mathematicians and peasants
         are equal,  can never work.  Wisdom is not additive; its
         maximum is that of the wisest man in a given group.

            "But  a democratic =form=  of government is okay,  as
         long  as it doesn't work.   Any social organization does
         well  enough if it isn't rigid.   The framework  doesn't
         matter  as  long as there is enough looseness to  permit
         that one man in a multitude to display his genius.  Most
         so-called   social   scientists  seem  to   think   that
         organization  is  everything.   It is  almost  nothing--
         except when it is a straightjacket.  It is the incidence
         of heroes that counts, not the pattern of zeros."

--                        Robert Heinlein, _Glory Road_, pp. 261-262


Regards,
           Richard
... 10% of everything isn't crap, watch closely or you'll miss it!
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+