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  • #16
    It important that the pretense be maintained - the last thing we want is the masses getting a hint that their participation is sort of meaningless (actually, the masses are too dumb to ever notice, but hat the hey). Therefore it is your duty to vote, if only to maintain the current fantasy just a little bit longer.
    If you don't like reality, change it! me
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    • #17
      Originally posted by DinoDoc View Post
      Do we really want uninformed idiots voting to begin with? Stay bored Elok.
      Funny from the guy who never met a conservative blog he didn't instantaneously believe.
      “As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
      "Capitalism ho!"

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      • #18
        What we really need like if we really want to achieve actual democracy is voting for Goldman Sachs execs

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Elok View Post
          We have plenty of uninformed idiots voting as it is, douchenozzle.
          I believe I just said that I want less idiots like yourself voting.
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          • #20
            Someone hit DD, he's repeating himself again. Eh, just hit him anyway.
            “As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
            "Capitalism ho!"

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            • #21
              Originally posted by OneFootInTheGrave View Post
              the new type of government that should be tried is direct democratic governance.

              For each issue that more than 10% of the overall voters request, it goes to a web based referendum, where all the voters are eligible, and the majority decides. Would be an interesting experiment.
              What an incredibly dumb idea.
              If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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              • #22
                I would prefer a Catholic elective monarchy with freedom to have gay sex and crossdress from 11 pm to 4 am (you don't want kids to accidentally see a tranny)
                I need a foot massage

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                • #23
                  i would prefer to see papists taken outside and shot.
                  "The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.

                  "The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de Botton

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by DinoDoc View Post
                    I believe I just said that I want less idiots like yourself voting.
                    *fewer
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                    "We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La Rochefoucauld

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                    • #25
                      Once people figure out that they can vote to give themselves things that they don't have to give, democracy becomes the worst form of government.
                      It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                      RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                      • #26
                        Didn't Jefferson or someone warn of that occurring? I remember hearing a quote similar to that from one of the founding fathers.

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                        • #27
                          I'm sure someone did, since I'm not smart enough to come up with stuff like that.
                          It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                          RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                          • #28
                            Of course, Jefferson also thought the future belonged to a giant class of educated, independent farmers, so it could be a stopped-clock kind of situation.
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                            • #29
                              Sans the farmer part, I'm totally in favor of that.
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                              • #30
                                Maybe, but it didn't happen, and I don't think it's going to, do you?
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