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Thanatos said:
Don't imply that America is anything other than a true democracy.
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Why, do you have something against "correctness"?
Why should I lie?
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Thanatos said:
No piece of paper means anything without people to execute its instructions.
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Point?
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Thanatos said:
Do you know the real reason the Soviet Union died? Their rules were quite solid, the politicians were literally entrenched, their people weren't even armed, but nobody besides a few high ranking politicians wanted to keep going with the system. Their tank commanders were given an order to put down the crowds and defend the Kremlin, but when those commanders changed their minds the system just stopped running.
America is free. We don't have to surround our politicians to make them leave; we can just vote.
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So, you have full faith in the voting system, the bi-partisan monopoly on power that has existed for 157 years straight?
Sure.
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We have guns.
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Why?
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Thanatos said:
Laws exist because of the consent of the majority here more than anywhere.
That being said we're probably better off with some checks and balances and constitutional limits. Clearly the majority agrees.
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Sure could have fooled me. I see a lot of sheeple running around looking for new, more intrusive shepards everyday.