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Re:Big Tech lobbyist language made it verbatim into NY’s hed... by CamperBob2 on Friday February 17, 2023 @04:37PM (#34840901)
The problem is, when the majority rules, the result is inevitably a shitshow.

The founders understood that, which is why they set things up the way they did. Nothing has changed since then. If anything it's even more true, given the new and extensive ways the elites have to manipulate majority opinion.

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Re:Big Tech lobbyist language made it verbatim into NY’s hed... by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday February 17, 2023 @10:05PM (#34843465)
There are numerous countries in the world that are literally democracies, not republics, where the majority does in fact rule.

Quite a few of them are not shitshows.

So I consider your first sentence to be proven false.

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