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AbolishConsent 102 points ago +105 / -3

half the country is voting for them

Let's just say it: democracy doesn't work. When the media can manipulate what the electorate thinks, the power belongs to the media, not people.

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Lord_Yeezus 63 points ago +66 / -3

Good thing we’re a republic, not a democracy.

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lilree 9 points ago +9 / -0

It's still a Democracy. Democratic Republic. Our Republic is a type of democracy, namely a representative democracy, just not a direct democracy. The Left wants a pure, direct democracy (no electoral college).

We are still a Democracy, just not a direct one. Saying that our Republic isn't a Democracy is like saying your meal is a five-dollar-footlong, not a sandwich. It's in the sandwich family.

I still agree with he other guy though. When you give the least intelligent, least committed the same political power as the most intelligent and most committed, the system can be manipulated by emotion (it is). This is why the Founding Fathers set their rules the way they did. White Landowning Males only. Think that's racist? Take it up with the Founding Fathers. Our fathers were right about almost everything.

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WishdoctorsSong 6 points ago +7 / -1

Historically maybe that statement was valid, but since all citizens elect the electors who are supposed to mechanical cast their vote for the state popular vote...it's just not a meanfull distinction when it comes to the GP's post.

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MuadDon 6 points ago +7 / -1

There is not much of a difference when delusion is this great.

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QuietSpark 5 points ago +6 / -1

Even a republic can be corrupted.

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politicsaside 9 points ago +9 / -0

Democracy works, but not when the media can manipulate what the electorate thinks.

It’s time to end the media’s bias. How? That part is less clear to me.

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SHALL_NOT 8 points ago +8 / -0

That part is less clear to me

🚁🚁🚁

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magafi 6 points ago +6 / -0

Dismantle them into small pieces.

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BobBlackwood 2 points ago +2 / -0

Exactly!

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border_humper 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yu don’t enjoy being required to think and believe whatever Mika Brzezinski tells you to?