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> either we trust the people of this nation to self-govern or we don't We don't, which is why the government has many features, beyond the representative eleme
by jessriedel 10y ago
> either we trust the people of this nation to self-govern or we don't
We don't, which is why the government has many features, beyond the representative element, that slows and constrains the democratic process.
- lisper 10y ago> We don't And we never did. When the country was founded, only white male land owners could vote. Ah, the good old days.