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Pius IX, Address to French Pilgrims (May 5, 1874), in J.M. Villefranche, Pio IX, (São Paulo: Ed. Panorama, 1948), pp. 372-373.Online source: www.traditioninaction.org
I give you my blessing for the difficult but necessary task in which you are engaged, which consists of eliminating or diminishing a great affliction which plagues contemporary society: this is called universal suffrage.To entrust the decision of momentous issues to the naturally ignorant and passionate multitudes - is this not equivalent to leaving it to chance and running voluntarily toward the abyss? Yes, in this case, universal suffrage would better deserve to be called madness; and when the power of decision lies in the hands of secret societies, as so often happens, we can call it a universal lie.
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Just as a heads-up, TraditionInAction.org thinks the Pope is a heretic.
What is the solution, then? What if the group that holds power in a non-democratic society is less than benign?
If we assume the ruling party will be evil (be it the mob, the aristocracy, or the royalty), there is no solution. But in general the mob is less fit to rule than the rest.
Also, note the issue is not whether democracy is better than aristocracy, but whether universal suffrage is a good idea: that is, the question of whether EVERYONE in the population (every adult) should vote, as opposed to every aristocratic head of family or suchlike.
Thanks, Don Paco; I hadn't appreciated that subtlety.
Augustine,
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Universal Suffrage is what got Barabas chosen over Our Lord and Saviour.
'Nuff said.
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