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Re:Is democracy a failure? (1861) by kashkhan on Saturday November 05, 2016 @10:26PM (#12883121)
consensus works by give and take. Hal and Bill don't just have to deal only with the fence. They have many more items they need to negotiate if they are to live as neighbors.

our current system does NOT allow Bill to do whatever he wants on his property.

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Re:Is democracy a failure? (1861) by maxerickson on Sunday November 06, 2016 @09:32AM (#12885223)
our current system does NOT allow Bill to do whatever he wants on his property.

Of course not. My point was that it doesn't give Hal a veto over anything Bill might want to do.

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