Majority Rule

I saw a bumper sticker today that displayed a message with which I wholeheartedly do NOT agree. The sticker said "Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much." My problems with this message are twofold: 1) I reject the notion that I need other people to accomplish something and 2) this message fosters the terrible idea of majority rule.

1. I reject the notion that I need other people to accomplish something.

I don't think this statement really needs to be expounded upon so I will not go on ad nauseam about this thought. Suffice to say that I do not feel as though I need to rely on other people in order to accomplish my goals. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence by himself. I think everyone else can muster some kind of self-accountability and responsibility in their own lives as well.

2. Majority Rule.

James Bovard once said that Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. The problem with this statement is self-evident. When you have democracy, you have the suppression of the minority at the hands of the majority. And judging by the state of this country and the values of its citizens, majorities ain't always right.

The revolution won't come from majorities or minorities or anything in between. It will come from each individual person deciding for him or herself that something needs to change.

Alone you can do so much. Together you just get lot in a crowd of people who are blindly following the one person who knows how much you can do alone.