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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 1055 Views
Looking at all the resources provided in the thread below..... - 19/09/2014 02:50:34 PM 554 Views
I had hoped that when push came to shove they would think instead *NM* - 19/09/2014 03:32:22 PM 310 Views
As am I. - 19/09/2014 07:39:29 PM 650 Views
They need to have four states along US lines with a Federal government. - 21/09/2014 12:02:21 AM 569 Views
Naaaaaah, let's not - 21/09/2014 01:02:00 AM 692 Views
The current US gridlock is not a one-sided matter. - 22/09/2014 01:11:03 AM 539 Views
He's also the president - 23/09/2014 03:33:54 PM 629 Views
And each member of Congress won elections, too. - 23/09/2014 04:25:21 PM 577 Views
I couldn't care less about Obama - 23/09/2014 09:27:28 PM 715 Views
Of course they should be able to do that. The system was desinged so they can - 24/09/2014 05:38:48 PM 629 Views
I'm sure it was designed like that - 25/09/2014 07:16:16 PM 622 Views
for all the pissign and moaning it has worked for over 200 years - 26/09/2014 02:30:39 PM 614 Views
It's not working *NM* - 27/09/2014 03:16:59 AM 285 Views
working better then any other system out there. *NM* - 29/09/2014 01:12:10 PM 315 Views
On what basis do you make that claim? *NM* - 29/09/2014 02:48:08 PM 421 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 559 Views
Ha! *NM* - 29/09/2014 11:25:07 PM 287 Views
Yes, and democracy is an awful system - 26/09/2014 04:07:00 PM 548 Views
What hyperbolic nonsense. *NM* - 27/09/2014 03:18:07 AM 320 Views
None of that is hyperbole or nonsense. *NM* - 27/09/2014 11:18:50 PM 331 Views
How on earth do you figure that? - 21/09/2014 08:53:31 PM 589 Views
Oh, actually I like the multiple state idea better - 22/09/2014 01:09:12 AM 547 Views
Eh. The UKIP is populist more than anything else. - 22/09/2014 07:02:10 AM 711 Views
I fail to see that. - 22/09/2014 05:16:08 PM 619 Views
Your ancestors are rolling in their graves, Scots! *NM* - 20/09/2014 11:40:26 PM 241 Views
Which ancestors? The ones who signed the Act of Union probably aren't. *NM* - 22/09/2014 01:11:48 AM 245 Views
They're probably in hell *NM* - 22/09/2014 02:49:09 AM 250 Views
Hell is an independent Scotland, is it? I agree. *NM* - 22/09/2014 05:09:54 PM 245 Views
Actually, Hell is any kind of Scotland - 23/09/2014 11:07:50 PM 634 Views

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