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Re:Iceland’s Prime Minister Resigns, After Pirate Party Make... by CamperBob2 on Sunday October 30, 2016 @04:28PM (#12832055)
Those "rich landowners" were not the gang of self-centered malcontents that revisionist historians describe. They were deeply aware and concerned -- rightfully so -- about the ways in which direct democracy can fail.

That's why they didn't adopt it.

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Re:Iceland’s Prime Minister Resigns, After Pirate Party Make... by sprafa on Sunday October 30, 2016 @07:55PM (#12833288)
Ok, so I'm super interested in what you said here. How can Ileatn more about the Framers consideration of direct democracy v
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Re:Iceland’s Prime Minister Resigns, After Pirate Party Make... by tedunangst on Sunday October 30, 2016 @08:08PM (#12833352)
Search for "pure democracy".

http://thefederalistpapers.org/federalist-papers/federalist-...

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Re:Iceland’s Prime Minister Resigns, After Pirate Party Make... by mark_edward on Sunday October 30, 2016 @05:13PM (#12832345)
Slavedrivers who are not malcontents seems like a contradiction to me.
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Re:Iceland’s Prime Minister Resigns, After Pirate Party Make... by afarrell on Sunday October 30, 2016 @07:31PM (#12833171)
People in real life are often contradictions.
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Re:Iceland’s Prime Minister Resigns, After Pirate Party Make... by mark_edward on Monday October 31, 2016 @10:29AM (#12836998)
No, people in real life delude themselves and others about how good they are.
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Re:Iceland’s Prime Minister Resigns, After Pirate Party Make... by ionised on Monday October 31, 2016 @12:34PM (#12838396)
I'm glad I'm not the only one that notices this.
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