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Re:US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages by fyjvd90 on Friday January 25, 2019 @11:00AM (#18999071)
It’s also interesting how a democratic Rome voted for becoming an oligarchy.
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Re:US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages by opencl on Friday January 25, 2019 @11:09AM (#18999195)
It was "democratic" but the vast majority of people were not allowed to vote.
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Re:US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages by AndyMcConachie on Friday January 25, 2019 @11:19AM (#18999339)
They didn't vote for oligarchy. They stabbed Caesar in the Senate.
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Re:US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages by Brakenshire on Friday January 25, 2019 @11:29AM (#18999502)
They in effect voted for a dictatorship, initially for Pompey on the ground of a terrorism threat, and then later were supportive of Caesar. Pompey used the democratic tribune system which had been abolished by a previous generation of the aristocracy. The dictator argued past the traditions of the Roman Republic as exemplified by the aristocrats, and appealed directly to the people.
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Re:US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages by eeZah7Ux on Friday January 25, 2019 @11:42AM (#18999664)
They voted when society was already a de-facto oligarchy.
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Re:US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages by Brakenshire on Friday January 25, 2019 @11:44AM (#18999693)
Yes, I think so, they in effect chose between an oligarchy and a dictatorship.
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