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killerbeblue 322 points ago +322 / -0

Imagine being able to "destroy democracy" simply by strictly applying a country's constitution, and doing so completely within that countries own legal processes. Anyone with half a brain can tell this is 100% blood soaked propaganda.

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WinstonSmith1984 206 points ago +207 / -1

To be fair, our Constitution was created to ensure we were NOT a Democracy

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DrCowboyPresident 103 points ago +103 / -0

End of democracy? Follow the rules next time, you stupid fucks. That's all they ever do, lie cheat and steal, and they do it so big they dare anybody to have the balls to stop it.

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sun_wolf 7 points ago +7 / -0

They say “democracy” but they really just mean “The Democrat Party”. If you change “democracy” with “Democrat Party” in their sentences, all their claims make more sense. Is what President Trump is doing a danger to the Democrat Party? Yep! Could this Election Fraud scandal destroy the Democrat Party? Yep!

They know if they just came on TV and said what they meant then they would look hyper-partisan. So they say “our democracy” instead. It makes them sound more noble.

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WinstonSmith1984 11 points ago +11 / -0

:)

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Rockmanneo 6 points ago +6 / -0

What they mean is "the end of our Democratic Party."

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WinstonSmith1984 12 points ago +12 / -0

That would be wonderful

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WinstonSmith1984 9 points ago +9 / -0

With good reason.

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Prometheus76 4 points ago +4 / -0

I am grossly simplifying Plato here, but I like his boat analogy. Pretend you have 100 people that are all going on a long journey together on a ship. None of them have ever been on a ship before. Why do you think it's a good idea to let one of them run the ship, and more importantly, what qualifies a majority of the people to decide who that person should be?

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Tallsie 2 points ago +2 / -0

It was also designed to be changeable, but only with a large majority in agreement. Lacking large agreement, nothing should be able to be done using the federal government.

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WinstonSmith1984 1 point ago +1 / -0

pretty much, yes. And they weren't supposed to be in session all the time either. Was typically only a few months a year

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orthodoxvirginian 1 point ago +4 / -3

Not a direct democracy. We are, however, a representative democracy.

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orthodoxvirginian 2 points ago +2 / -0

No, no full stop. It's not correct. We are a Constitutional Republic. The method we choose our representatives is democratic. We don't elect our representatives "republicanly."

https://reason.com/volokh/2018/01/17/the-united-states-is-both-a-republic-and/

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WinstonSmith1984 2 points ago +2 / -0

or democratic republic:)

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Prometheus76 3 points ago +3 / -0

They have changed the definition of "democracy" to "voting for what the elites and the AI say is best for us, if we were just educated enough to understand how smart they are."

I'm exaggerating for effect, but not by much.

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Bobb1 2 points ago +2 / -0

And therein lies the problem. Too many on that side don’t utilize what little brain power they have.