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    Democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51% of the people may take away the rights of the other 49

    • There is nothing specifically preventing a democratic republic from having a higher percentage of majority required to pass legislation.nb
    • But, hey, if you have a better system in mind that can replace democracy, let us know!nb
    • i dont think u really understand republic vs democratic processes and the hierarchy of importancedeathboy
    • You have to examine interests of groups n power shifts. Because its not just important historically how a system is structured but how it changesyurimon
    • through groups, power interests. because systems are also influx and prone to manipulation and eventual corruption of values, if people dont successfully keepyurimon
    • their civil servants in check. you see this in the states in how power is shifting. is pretty much a good example.yurimon
    • The bottom line is...corporations and wealthy elite have always ruled and will always rule the world, period!utopian
    • ^ this.fadein11
    • No gov rules. Corporations can only buy their power through corrupt politcians. Politcians want you to blame corporations and not them.deathboy
    • Take the ability away from gov officials to give deals in niche business sectors and corporations lose incentives to bribe.deathboy
    • And people have to not be swayed by the incentives politcian provide using minority voting groups monies. So i guess really it voters faultdeathboy
    • its true, also when gov has expanded power, it carries force behind laws. that is an exploitable aspect that businesses uses to bribe with to get favorable regyurimon
    • usually don't care about ups/downs but -3 for simply stating an irrefutable fact. disturbingdeathboy
    • ^ only thing i could say is extreme liberal math broh.yurimon

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