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Re:Someone Just Leaked Obama's Rules for Assassinating Ameri... by padmanabhan01 on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @12:15AM (#5169286)
The tricky part is what makes all the difference. If majority are smart, democracy would suffice. If not, the constitution will just be treated as a piece of paper in a museum and being a republic would serve no purpose.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link...

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Re:Someone Just Leaked Obama's Rules for Assassinating Ameri... by javert on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @02:21AM (#5169605)
If majority are smart, democracy would suffice.

It's not really a matter of intelligence.

Most people, including most intelligent people, do not believe that a person's life completely belongs to himself or herself.

Instead, they think it belongs to the family, or the community, or God, or the nation, or the government, or those with less money.

It's actually a major intellectual achievement to be able to affirm the principle that an individual's life belongs to himself.

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