EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff

Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff by panzagl on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @07:54PM (#13487801)

This is how you get the Roman/Parisian mobs that were the downfall of the Roman and French Republics. All you have to do is promise the mob everything and they'll give you the support to suppress the provinces. The Founders had the Roman example to draw on, as well as Venice's devolution into an urban oligarchy.

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Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff by toor2 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @08:09PM (#13487879)

With the electoral college al you have to do is appeal to the mob in the swing states. Then you give that select group of voting Americans the ability to suppress the rest of the population. How is that any better?

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Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff by panzagl on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @11:02PM (#13488601)

These things aren't static- the South (and the major religions) used to be solidly Democrat, California gave us Reagan, etc. This changed in my lifetime and I'm not that old. You start taking your base for granted,you end up wondering how you lost.

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Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff by baddox on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @08:12PM (#13487893)

Yes, you can just appeal to a smaller mob which has the same political influence as larger mobs.

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