On 12/09/2020 08:17, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 08:08:12 +0200
> Deloptes wrote:
>
>> Usually there is only one way out - revolution and guillotine.
>
> Trouble with that is ... "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss".
>
Exactly.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
And that is why we have a monarch, AND a democracy, AND a legal system -
it is not easy, but it is possible to create a power that can threaten
the order, and actually scare the establishment enough to e.g. get us
out of the EU...
We still haven't got The Lords Spiritual back - morality is now handled
by the Guardian, who have a lot of bills to pay.
--
"Nature does not give up the winter because people dislike the cold."
― Confucius
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