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Old Oct 22, 2006, 10:20 pm   #7 (permalink) (top)
Jack
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Wow, zynner. That was coherent, lucid and from what I can still remember from my school years, pretty accurate.

Democracy can be crippled when abused by those with money. Since we practice a market-driven economy, those with money can influence the way we practice democracy. In effect they can buy votes.

But liberty as an ideal can never be crippled by those who don't endorse it or practice it in their countries. Liberty can exist under systems not democratic.


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