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Re:Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuck... by slavik81 on Thursday December 03, 2015 @01:28PM (#10671514)
Federal elections occur every two years. You've already voted on it.
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Re:Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuck... by Retra on Thursday December 03, 2015 @02:00PM (#10671735)
The granularity of that vote was quite insignificant next to the scope of this issue, don't you think?
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Re:Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuck... by slavik81 on Thursday December 03, 2015 @02:17PM (#10671837)
Well, to some extent I agree. But, the coarseness of the control of the citizens over the government in a representative democracy is part what causes government inefficiency. Unfortunately, extreme granularity in democracy has its own problems, so that's not easily solved.
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