I'm not sure it is possible in the current climate to build a successful political party built on logic and reason.belham2 wrote:Then we can go back to the party that was able to nominate men like Lincoln, T. Roosevelt, Eisenhower and up to Reagan, and thus find new candidates with similar intellectual rigor and/or team building skills, who also approve of using "logic", "reason" and "common sense"
Two human characteristics come to the fore:
Firstly human greed and desire for comfort leads many to support a candidate like Clinton who is well skilled at pulling the wool over peoples eyes. Such candidates play to the majority who don't really wish to confront issues and prefer to let a warm fuzzy leader do all the thinking for them.
Secondly human fear leads a number of people to support candidates like Trump - continually trying to identify a "common enemy" that can be hated, vilified and blamed - instead of constructively addressing the issues.
The group of people who try to address the issues using logic and reason has shrunk somewhat. I think that may be one of the pitfalls of democracy - it can make people too comfortable and insulated.
Would I want to live outside of a democracy? No
Would I like to live under the rule of a benevolent dictator - yes - as long as that dictator was me.
Do I think people deserve democracy or support it responsibly and adequately? Not really.