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Emsworth
Junior Chimp
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« on: November 20, 2005, 09:21:29 PM »
Thank goodness this country isn't run by people who respond to polls.
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2005, 09:24:55 PM »
I take it you would prefer a democracy to a republic?
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2005, 09:32:12 PM »
Fair enough.

My personal opinion is that direct democracy (as opposed to a republic) is a dangerous system of government. Public opinion changes very often and very unpredictably. Were this country governed on the basis of polls, there would be utter chaos in its policies.
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2005, 09:36:21 PM »
Quote from: thefactor on November 20, 2005, 09:33:58 PM
But conservatives do like to complain all the time how liberals are so elitist when the ignore the fact that public opinion is as often as not against them.
Definitely true. I think that, in general, conservative pro-business "elitism" is more evident than liberal elitism.
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