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I hope this kind of thing illustrates the absurdity of democracy in general. For a company to have influence, it needs to accumulate money, which means it needs
by byrneseyeview 17y ago
I hope this kind of thing illustrates the absurdity of democracy in general. For a company to have influence, it needs to accumulate money, which means it needs to make customers happy or convince investors that it can do so.
For a voter to have influence, they have to survive for eighteen years and then find their way to a polling place.
- westbywest 17y agoThis is a straw man, since the federal gov't is a republic rather than a strict democracy. And what would you propose as alternative to permitting everyone living in this country long enough to reach adulthood to cast their their own vote?
- InclinedPlane 17y agoWithout the ability to have a robust, open political debate voting is meaningless as no voter would have context for their vote (unless they happened to personally know both candidates).
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