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I mean, have you seen the common folk?
by Fauntleroy 4y ago
I mean, have you seen the common folk?
- Xelbair 4y agoand what makes you think you are better than them?
- rdfgtdffsdaf 4y agoHe's on Hacker News lol, he's better than everyone. It's a condition of membership in this secret club.
- dang 4y ago"Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community." It's reliably a marker of bad comments and worse threads. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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- ryandrake 4y agoShort, glib comments get dunked on here, but you've got a point. As the saying goes, “The best argument against Democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” The judgement of the common folk is not unassailable, and is frequently wrong, which is why Democracy needs numerous checks and balances. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYTQ7__NNDI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYTQ7__NNDI
- SllX 4y agoDemocracy is a hedge against worse outcomes, not a guarantor of future outcomes. You might get your heart’s desires in the service of a King, but he’ll still be King and you’ll now be his subject.