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Re:U.S. To Seek Social Media Details from All Visa Applicants by sanderjd on Thursday March 29, 2018 @08:15PM (#16712477)
A counterargument: our system (in the US) is representative. That is, we elect individuals who are empowered to represent us as they see fit. This is subtly different than electing delegates who we expect to carry out our will indirectly.

In a representative system, the "who" is, and is intended to be, important.

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Re:U.S. To Seek Social Media Details from All Visa Applicants by bassman9000 on Thursday March 29, 2018 @09:59PM (#16713046)
This is the case for most Western democracies, and doesn't make the US different. Difference would be the separation of Electoral Congress and Congress, which doesn't happen in other democracies, where Representatives are also electors.

In any case, I don't think it's a counter, nor related to the comment. We're magnifying some issues because Trump, when the fact is that it shouldn't matter who's President in order to assess its importance.

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