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> the crisis of representational democracy, populism, ... Oh jeez what a travesty - the people getting what they want rather than a focus on "everyone but us f
by asdkjaskdjqi 9y ago
> the crisis of representational democracy, populism, ...
Oh jeez what a travesty - the people getting what they want rather than a focus on "everyone but us first"!
> xenophobia, the surveillance state, terrorism, ...
Yes a reasonable fear of mass immigration from places that don't vet their refugees well enough isn't a legitimate concern and should be mixed in with an actual fear like the surveillance state.
> last 40 years against dreaming up Utopias
Venezuela is doing pretty good with their attempt at a utopia.
> But I believe core values will be tolerance,
> individual right
Choose one.
Sorry bud, I don't mean to be rough. But I'd love to see the world through your rose colored glasses.
- maxerickson 9y agoA good time to remember Mencken: Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.