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Re:Uber Eats will start accepting food stamps for grocery de... by wtcactus on Thursday September 21, 2023 @04:25AM (#37594756)
Well, if you are just telling me outright in my face, that all democracies devolve into massive populism like this, then yes, I would definitely prefer a different system, of course.

I most certainly don't approve a dictatorship of the majority.

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Re:Uber Eats will start accepting food stamps for grocery de... by verall on Thursday September 21, 2023 @01:19PM (#37600821)
Can you give an example for what you would like? I think democracy favoring populism has been a thing since at least "panem et circenses". It's nothing new.

The US certainly has enough money to feed everyone in the country (citizens or otherwise), it would be a tiny fraction of the current budget to do so. I'm curious to hear your ideas for better spending targets.

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