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View submission: Reddit's Decline in Democracy
Democracy is not as great as it's been sold. It's mob rule. Do you want to be ruled by a majority of morons? Thank goodness the US wasn't founded on democracy. Oh... you think it was... well, it wasn't. Now that politicians, who are morons, have been falsely branding our society as a democracy, we see the result of the mob of morons running things. Think Republic.
Comment by ewils at 13/05/2009 at 19:54 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Depends, this is just a news aggregator, I don't see a problem with the mob reading what the mob wants to read.
Democracy as an overall form of government is and ideal, and in practice as flawed as the ideal of communism. But that's not what the article is about.
Comment by kingraoul3 at 14/05/2009 at 00:28 UTC*
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Democracy is not as great as it's been sold.
Why don't we try it (for the first time in history) and find out?
Comment by Coloradofire at 13/05/2009 at 20:05 UTC
3 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Mmm, republics are 99% control 1%. Everyone gets equal liberty and rights. Which is how reddit worked before subreddits. This place looks more like digg every day.