Re:I Hate the News (2006)
by 6d0debc071 on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @08:00PM
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> "Allowing some individuals to make the decision for lots of other people" is the purpose of a representative democracy.
Lots of forms of government do that. The purpose of democracy is to provide a more graduated use of force spectrum for countervailing force than 'get screwed' or 'civil war' to attempt to keep those decisions roughly in line with what the electorate would choose were they in that position.
Lots of forms of government do that. The purpose of democracy is to provide a more graduated use of force spectrum for countervailing force than 'get screwed' or 'civil war' to attempt to keep those decisions roughly in line with what the electorate would choose were they in that position.
Results vary.