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Re:Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Democracy is not a Facebook focus g... by JoeAltmaier on Thursday February 23, 2017 @10:40AM (#13714722)
Makes sense, except in practice. It results in rigged tests, poll taxes, and generally racist bigoted systems that keep some classes down. We don't have a 'one man - one vote' system in America by accident, but in response to a wide understanding of how prevalent such rigging was back then.
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Re:Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Democracy is not a Facebook focus g... by rafiki6 on Monday February 27, 2017 @09:02AM (#13744181)
With all due respect I don't even think America has a "one man one vote system" in practice. The idea of super pacs and an easily manipulated populace combined with a bipartisan political system seems to me like America is living the illusion of democracy. The current system already keeps certain classes down. Blacks and Hispanics don't tend to have the same voter turn out as wealthy white folks do. Besides, does the current system even address their needs? It seems biased towards helping the wealthy. So I'm not sure in practice democracy is doing a great job.
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