Academic Quote of the Day

[kat_lair]

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Because it's reading and thinking time again in this house and in this hat. And since General Elections are looming in here, and Finland just had its parliamentary one, the quote seemed particularly apt! Also, Delenn icon because politics.


“If income, wealth, and economic position are also political resources, and if they are distributed unequally, then how can citizens be political equals? And if citizens cannot be political equals, how is democracy to exist?” (Dahl, 1989: 326)


Full ref:
Dahl, R.A. (1989). Democracy and its critics. New Haven: Yale University Press.

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Comments

[citrusjava.livejournal.com]

^
YES

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Simple yet powerful.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

YES!

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I want to shake people and shout this at them.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

But it is frowned upon to accost people in the street hun ;)

[pushkin666.livejournal.com]

I'm Yes'ing like everybody else. And hello Delenn - god I miss Babylon 5.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

The Finnish election results were depressing... Even with the Shadow War, Babylon 5 seems like a better option for diversity and tolerance...

[pushkin666.livejournal.com]

Oh that's rubbish on the election results (hello Ivanova - sorry is shallow). Well Babylon 5 was always awesome for the amount of different races living aboard even though it might not necessarily have been in harmony all the time.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

I would love to do a B5 rewatch, would probably get more out of it now than as a teenager.

[pushkin666.livejournal.com]

Annoyingly at one point I had all of it on video, but the videos got junked, and now I only have season 2 on DVD, but always happy to rewatch it. I loved B5.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Joing the yes chorus.

About to start watching Gail's boxed sets of B5. When it first aired we came in right at the end and have been assured the last season was the worst and we have to start at the beginning.

Must change my default icon - note to self, Easter is over...

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

I think I should do a rewatch of B5 at some point, would probably get more out of it now than when I first watched it.

Yeah, I should change LJ to a summer theme soon!

[margaret-r.livejournal.com]

Here's another yes. inarguable!

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

It is rather succinctly and undeniably put!