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Re:Who needs democracy when you have data? by dfjliasjg on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @01:28PM (#17811746)
I've always thought that deadlock was a feature instead of a bug. If half the population is for it and half is against it then nothing should happen legislatively.
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Re:Who needs democracy when you have data? by vorpalhex on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @02:03PM (#17812128)
Federalist paper #10 contains a lot of thought on this topic, and it's worth reading. Like all documents of this type, it should be read as a kind of argument between two competing sides. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed10.asp
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