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Re:A Threat to U.S. Democracy: Political Dysfunction by kesselvon on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @10:14AM (#13318888)
How many times does the candidate with the most votes need to lose an election before people get angry? It's happened 2x in the last 15 years, and I feel like it's going to happen again until something breaks.
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Re:A Threat to U.S. Democracy: Political Dysfunction by douche on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @11:01AM (#13319321)
There are very good reasons why this country was explicitly not setup as a popular democracy. I, for one, am very pleased that we haven't yet eroded those foundations completely and devolved into the tyranny of the mob yet.
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Re:A Threat to U.S. Democracy: Political Dysfunction by kesselvon on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @11:49AM (#13319790)
A majority of the population also used to be disenfranchised if they weren't males or owned property. Traditionalism makes for bad governance
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