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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 1273 Views
Looking at all the resources provided in the thread below..... - 19/09/2014 02:50:34 PM 742 Views
I had hoped that when push came to shove they would think instead *NM* - 19/09/2014 03:32:22 PM 390 Views
As am I. - 19/09/2014 07:39:29 PM 840 Views
They need to have four states along US lines with a Federal government. - 21/09/2014 12:02:21 AM 751 Views
Naaaaaah, let's not - 21/09/2014 01:02:00 AM 954 Views
The current US gridlock is not a one-sided matter. - 22/09/2014 01:11:03 AM 736 Views
He's also the president - 23/09/2014 03:33:54 PM 909 Views
And each member of Congress won elections, too. - 23/09/2014 04:25:21 PM 778 Views
I couldn't care less about Obama - 23/09/2014 09:27:28 PM 983 Views
Of course they should be able to do that. The system was desinged so they can - 24/09/2014 05:38:48 PM 817 Views
I'm sure it was designed like that - 25/09/2014 07:16:16 PM 896 Views
for all the pissign and moaning it has worked for over 200 years - 26/09/2014 02:30:39 PM 811 Views
It's not working *NM* - 27/09/2014 03:16:59 AM 443 Views
working better then any other system out there. *NM* - 29/09/2014 01:12:10 PM 391 Views
On what basis do you make that claim? *NM* - 29/09/2014 02:48:08 PM 505 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 763 Views
Ha! *NM* - 29/09/2014 11:25:07 PM 441 Views
Yes, and democracy is an awful system - 26/09/2014 04:07:00 PM 740 Views
What hyperbolic nonsense. *NM* - 27/09/2014 03:18:07 AM 467 Views
None of that is hyperbole or nonsense. *NM* - 27/09/2014 11:18:50 PM 414 Views
How on earth do you figure that? - 21/09/2014 08:53:31 PM 783 Views
Oh, actually I like the multiple state idea better - 22/09/2014 01:09:12 AM 739 Views
Eh. The UKIP is populist more than anything else. - 22/09/2014 07:02:10 AM 905 Views
I fail to see that. - 22/09/2014 05:16:08 PM 840 Views
Your ancestors are rolling in their graves, Scots! *NM* - 20/09/2014 11:40:26 PM 322 Views
Which ancestors? The ones who signed the Act of Union probably aren't. *NM* - 22/09/2014 01:11:48 AM 320 Views
They're probably in hell *NM* - 22/09/2014 02:49:09 AM 333 Views
Hell is an independent Scotland, is it? I agree. *NM* - 22/09/2014 05:09:54 PM 325 Views
Actually, Hell is any kind of Scotland - 23/09/2014 11:07:50 PM 828 Views

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