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> The second iteration of democracy (like Facebook/Google) build on the other side of the Atlantic aged much much better. As Chou Enlai famously quiped about t
by chewz 7y ago
> The second iteration of democracy (like Facebook/Google) build on the other side of the Atlantic aged much much better.
As Chou Enlai famously quiped about the outcome of French Revolution - "It's too early to tell if it was positive or not".
- B1FF_PSUVM 7y agoI enjoy that quip a lot, but some spoilsport wrote up that it was actually a translation mishap in the interview, and he was referring to the May 1968 insurrection (just a few years past at the time). Rats.
- chewz 7y agoThanks for the input. I meant that US Democracy is still younger then Commonwealth political system was when it had started to turn into anarchy and had been abused by plutocracy and foreign powers. So Americans beware of Russia meddling in your elections... We had been there in XVIII century.. :-)