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Re:Who needs democracy when you have data? by dsr_ on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @01:12PM (#17811566)
More to the point, democracy is good if and only if it allows for peaceful transitions of government.
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Re:Who needs democracy when you have data? by nixarian on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @02:28PM (#17812351)
Democracy is good only if the population is sufficiently educated and informed. Americans are, by and large, poorly educated and ill informed.
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Re:Who needs democracy when you have data? by jhayward on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @03:22PM (#17812842)
> Democracy is good only if the population is sufficiently educated and informed. Americans are, by and large, poorly educated and ill informed.

Compared to what? America of the 1900's? The 1950's? India, at any point in time?

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