And I thought it was the Republicans who were all for dictatorships. So one congresswoman thinks Fidel Castro is a great leader, Our President thinks we can talk Iran and N Korea out of nuclear weapons and now this guy thinks China's concept of Gov't is a good one.

I can see why Democrats think most people are too stupid to do anything for themselves so they want to set up Govt programs to do everything for them. Voting for people like this makes me wonder just how stupid these people really are. Maybe they really do need Gov't help.

Notice how the 21st century is somehow different than prior centuries, so different that we should abandon our Constitution altogether.  What a despicable conceipt.

The real question here is this.....do our representatives represent Americans and what we want, right or wrong?  Or do they represent what they "think" is in our best interests? 

In my experience, most personal politics fall on one side or the other of this question.  And this is a topic public managers grapple with on a daily basis.  Do they use their knowledge and experience (professional experience, experience they were hired to use on behalf of the community) or do they do what the public wants?  Even if it will destroy their community?

I tend to believe Americans can choose, and if we choose wrong, we either learn to live with it or change it.  Failure is sometimes the best first step toward success.

So what if China passes us in energy efficiency?  We'll learn our lesson or we won't.

IMO, a representative democracy should rise and fall on the will of the people, not the "daddy knows best" whim of an elite few.

You need spin? Theoretically the only form of government that is able to meet certain fundamental criteria generally considered desirable is a dictatorship, while intuitively a dictatorship's lack of accountability to the people carries advantages along with disadvantages, meaning that it is conceivable that a benevolent dictatorship could be preferable to a democracy. In reality it's hard to find such a dictator though, and even harder to sustain it, hence why democracy is generally seen as preferable.

Kinda like saying, "Its preferable to be a slave so long as the masta is generous and makes good choices for ya." 

Compare Friedman with Jefferson:

Now he's into assassination porn.  What a turd.

"....where are you going to find these angels, who will run society for us? I don't even trust YOU to do that...."--MILTON Friedman, to Phil Donahue