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L-Pink · 08-16-2014, 07:49 AM

"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51 percent of the people may take away the rights of the other 49."

nico-t · 08-16-2014, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Sly

The United States was never a democracy. I would think that a university with such a reputation as Princeton would not need to do a study to figure this out.

majority of people don't know this. Maybe this helps them wake up, so the study is not for nothing.

aka123 · 08-16-2014, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by L-Pink

"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51 percent of the people may take away the rights of the other 49."

Take the rights away? That's not usually the result. People are quire good, and from practical point of view, there is not usually that uniform 51 % of people that they would agree to take the rights from the rest (rest who?).

But even your scenario is more democratic and better one, than 1 % of people deciding for the rest, based solely for their own benefit.

aka123 · 08-16-2014, 09:08 AM

So, how many of you USA folks are going to change your voting behaviour to change America to more democratic direction?

My two cents is that it requires voting some other party, than the ruling two (or one).

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aka123 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: 64 00 N, 26 00 E Posts: 4,450	So, how many of you USA folks are going to change your voting behaviour to change America to more democratic direction? My two cents is that it requires voting some other party, than the ruling two (or one).