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What hyperbolic nonsense. *NM* TheCrownless Send a noteboard - 27/09/2014 03:18:07 AM

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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.

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Scotland voted No! - 19/09/2014 08:14:21 AM 1297 Views
Looking at all the resources provided in the thread below..... - 19/09/2014 02:50:34 PM 761 Views
I had hoped that when push came to shove they would think instead *NM* - 19/09/2014 03:32:22 PM 399 Views
As am I. - 19/09/2014 07:39:29 PM 863 Views
They need to have four states along US lines with a Federal government. - 21/09/2014 12:02:21 AM 771 Views
Naaaaaah, let's not - 21/09/2014 01:02:00 AM 975 Views
The current US gridlock is not a one-sided matter. - 22/09/2014 01:11:03 AM 757 Views
He's also the president - 23/09/2014 03:33:54 PM 931 Views
And each member of Congress won elections, too. - 23/09/2014 04:25:21 PM 799 Views
I couldn't care less about Obama - 23/09/2014 09:27:28 PM 1012 Views
Of course they should be able to do that. The system was desinged so they can - 24/09/2014 05:38:48 PM 837 Views
I'm sure it was designed like that - 25/09/2014 07:16:16 PM 923 Views
for all the pissign and moaning it has worked for over 200 years - 26/09/2014 02:30:39 PM 830 Views
It's not working *NM* - 27/09/2014 03:16:59 AM 456 Views
working better then any other system out there. *NM* - 29/09/2014 01:12:10 PM 400 Views
On what basis do you make that claim? *NM* - 29/09/2014 02:48:08 PM 516 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 782 Views
Ha! *NM* - 29/09/2014 11:25:07 PM 456 Views
Yes, and democracy is an awful system - 26/09/2014 04:07:00 PM 761 Views
What hyperbolic nonsense. *NM* - 27/09/2014 03:18:07 AM 477 Views
None of that is hyperbole or nonsense. *NM* - 27/09/2014 11:18:50 PM 421 Views
How on earth do you figure that? - 21/09/2014 08:53:31 PM 803 Views
Oh, actually I like the multiple state idea better - 22/09/2014 01:09:12 AM 759 Views
Eh. The UKIP is populist more than anything else. - 22/09/2014 07:02:10 AM 926 Views
I fail to see that. - 22/09/2014 05:16:08 PM 875 Views
Your ancestors are rolling in their graves, Scots! *NM* - 20/09/2014 11:40:26 PM 329 Views
Which ancestors? The ones who signed the Act of Union probably aren't. *NM* - 22/09/2014 01:11:48 AM 327 Views
They're probably in hell *NM* - 22/09/2014 02:49:09 AM 340 Views
Hell is an independent Scotland, is it? I agree. *NM* - 22/09/2014 05:09:54 PM 332 Views
Actually, Hell is any kind of Scotland - 23/09/2014 11:07:50 PM 850 Views

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