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Yes, and democracy is an awful system Tom Send a noteboard - 26/09/2014 04:07:00 PM

It lets the stupidest people vote (in many cases, to get more government largesse for themselves), it makes politicians into demagogues and it encourages the most mediocre or even sometimes incompetent people to fill the ranks of government, and it functions inefficiently and terribly. For all that, I still am not aware of a better system.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Scotland voted No! - 19/09/2014 08:14:21 AM 1218 Views
Looking at all the resources provided in the thread below..... - 19/09/2014 02:50:34 PM 689 Views
I had hoped that when push came to shove they would think instead *NM* - 19/09/2014 03:32:22 PM 368 Views
As am I. - 19/09/2014 07:39:29 PM 787 Views
They need to have four states along US lines with a Federal government. - 21/09/2014 12:02:21 AM 701 Views
Naaaaaah, let's not - 21/09/2014 01:02:00 AM 896 Views
The current US gridlock is not a one-sided matter. - 22/09/2014 01:11:03 AM 680 Views
He's also the president - 23/09/2014 03:33:54 PM 850 Views
And each member of Congress won elections, too. - 23/09/2014 04:25:21 PM 715 Views
I couldn't care less about Obama - 23/09/2014 09:27:28 PM 924 Views
Of course they should be able to do that. The system was desinged so they can - 24/09/2014 05:38:48 PM 760 Views
I'm sure it was designed like that - 25/09/2014 07:16:16 PM 840 Views
for all the pissign and moaning it has worked for over 200 years - 26/09/2014 02:30:39 PM 757 Views
It's not working *NM* - 27/09/2014 03:16:59 AM 419 Views
working better then any other system out there. *NM* - 29/09/2014 01:12:10 PM 369 Views
On what basis do you make that claim? *NM* - 29/09/2014 02:48:08 PM 477 Views
US GDP (and GDP per capita), US as only remaining superpower, but we still have limited government. - 29/09/2014 03:07:55 PM 703 Views
Ha! *NM* - 29/09/2014 11:25:07 PM 416 Views
Yes, and democracy is an awful system - 26/09/2014 04:07:00 PM 688 Views
What hyperbolic nonsense. *NM* - 27/09/2014 03:18:07 AM 447 Views
None of that is hyperbole or nonsense. *NM* - 27/09/2014 11:18:50 PM 390 Views
How on earth do you figure that? - 21/09/2014 08:53:31 PM 728 Views
Oh, actually I like the multiple state idea better - 22/09/2014 01:09:12 AM 687 Views
Eh. The UKIP is populist more than anything else. - 22/09/2014 07:02:10 AM 852 Views
I fail to see that. - 22/09/2014 05:16:08 PM 755 Views
Your ancestors are rolling in their graves, Scots! *NM* - 20/09/2014 11:40:26 PM 299 Views
Which ancestors? The ones who signed the Act of Union probably aren't. *NM* - 22/09/2014 01:11:48 AM 298 Views
They're probably in hell *NM* - 22/09/2014 02:49:09 AM 309 Views
Hell is an independent Scotland, is it? I agree. *NM* - 22/09/2014 05:09:54 PM 303 Views
Actually, Hell is any kind of Scotland - 23/09/2014 11:07:50 PM 771 Views

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