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The Survival Of Representative Democracies
DonSpies.US ^ | Monday April 20th, 2020 | Don Spies

Posted on 04/21/2020 2:32:53 PM PDT by DonSpies.US

The United States of America was founded to free the inhabitants of the 13 original colonies from England and the tyranny of a distant king, George III. Thus we are loath to restrict the actions of other individuals unless we perceive a threat to the freedom of others in those actions. My question is as follows, "Is there a point at which a citizens ignorance of the principles of government would prohibit their voting in elections ?"


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To: Jim Noble

The politicians discovered that they could use the treasury to buy votes AND use a willing, sympathetic and corrupt press to shill for them. This pernicious scheme is destroying this once great country.

Actually we are more of a kleptocracy than a democracy.


21 posted on 04/21/2020 4:55:47 PM PDT by Starboard
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Bump


22 posted on 04/21/2020 5:08:29 PM PDT by foreverfree
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To: DonSpies.US

It’s been moved to bloggers.


23 posted on 04/21/2020 9:34:16 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: DonSpies.US
"Do we ignore the problem until the republic and our freedoms are gone or do we do something about it ?"

Ah. So you're asking the question instead of making a statement. You're writeup isn't clear.

I believe we have other far more serious problems that will bring about our demise first.

As to changing the law, can you imagine a politician running on a platform to limit the number of voters by a test of their constitutional knowledge? At this point we'll never make a change like that without a revolution.

24 posted on 04/22/2020 3:47:31 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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