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To: Jim Noble

Lefties seem to think that “democracy” means not giving people a choice.


30 posted on 10/08/2022 1:12:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
To understand what they mean by "democracy", you really have to get into the intellectual underpinnings of the French Revolution, especially Rousseau's General Will. David Boies, arguing for Al Gore in Florida 2000, made this explicit.

To put it in context: The leaders of the Democratic Party are the leaders BECAUSE they know, or understand, what the People want, or would want if they were not controlled by evil MAGA Republicans. Therefore - when simple arithmetical counting of votes produces the right result, it is legitimate - but when it produces a result contrary to the General Will, it is illegitimate and no measures to reverse or undermine the result are out of bounds.

This is the situation we find ourselves in, on issue after issue.

It is not going to end well.

40 posted on 10/08/2022 2:20:20 PM PDT by Jim Noble (And manly hearts to guard the fair)
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