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  1. 10-14-2011 09:55 AM #1
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    Default The biggest problems with democracy.

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  2. 10-14-2011 09:58 AM #2
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    people suck
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  3. 10-14-2011 09:59 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by bikes View Post
    People are stupid.
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  5. 10-14-2011 10:10 AM #5
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    mine was more concise
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  6. 10-14-2011 10:11 AM #6
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    lax regulations on campaign contributions, so we end up with elected officials who pander to the masses but act on the interests of the monied few.
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  7. 10-14-2011 10:19 AM #7
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    That my vote doesn't carry more weight.
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  8. 10-14-2011 12:11 PM #8
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    You wouldn't know what the problems are. You don't have one, never really did.
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    That the politician has become a profession when the intent was for people from various walks of life to serve for a few years and then return to their lives.

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  10. 10-14-2011 12:44 PM #10
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    "Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." - Churchill

    I love this line.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawk View Post
    "Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." - Churchill

    I love this line.
    Yeah well the rest of this thread doesn't like that quote so you don't like that quote.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigred View Post
    Yeah well the rest of this thread doesn't like that quote so you don't like that quote.
    ha, awesome.
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  13. 10-14-2011 12:51 PM #13
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    Lack of dictatorship. People suck at making decisions so they need to be told what to do.
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  14. 10-14-2011 01:59 PM #14
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    the more people I meet in life the less convinced I am we all should have a say.

    but, money
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    "The cheapest thing to do would be to hire a lobbyist and get the laws changed," he said. We just sort of stared at him, bug-eyed. Cheapest? "Well, you're talking a state law with a very narrow scope. We could probably overturn that for ten, twenty thousand dollars." It turns out he was speaking hyperbolically, but he wasn't far off. The list of lobbyists he showed us was the same as the list of lobbyists my wife's professional organization hired off of. His prices were off - maybe a factor of two, factor of three. Not a factor of ten.

    Read the full comment here, it's good:
    kleinbl00 comments on People are angry the GE did not pay US taxes, but GE did not break any US tax laws. Wouldn't it make more sense to be upset with US tax laws instead of GE itself?

    Coupled with the thought that Warren Buffet paid some 6.9 mil in taxes last year. Imagine how much he could wisely invest in lobbying the gov't to lower his taxes? Imagine how much he could wisely invest lobbying congress to make his industry a bit easier to game?
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    Also, your mom. Yo momma so fat that she's the biggest problem with democracy.
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  20. 10-14-2011 03:56 PM #20
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    Perhaps it's not democracy that's a problem, but voting structure. Black people and women got ALL their rights through populism and protest, not voting. The first democracy in existence became so through treason, murder, and war; not voting. I think you could go so far as to say that using "the vote" is actually a net negative

    Not sure what else I have to say as I think understanding the issue is even beyond Nobel level sociology
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