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From: John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: People Without Meaningful Lives Seek Power Over Others
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:07:17 +0700
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On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:11:23 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:11:18 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Wed Aug 28 10:24:06 2024 AMuzi  wrote:
>>> On 8/28/2024 9:08 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>> > On 8/27/2024 9:37 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> USA is a Constitutional Republic.
>>> >>
>>> >> Democracy is something else, for example where the Hutus 
>>> >> wake up one morning and kill the Tutsis. Because they can.
>>> >>
>>> >> Or more simply, two wolves and a sheep voting on lunch.
>>> > 
>>> > There are very logical and practical reasons against running 
>>> > a country as a pure democracy. That's why its essentially 
>>> > never done.
>>> > 
>>> > Even in a small town, can you imagine needing all the 
>>> > population to vote on every administrative decision? And can 
>>> > you imagine how random the votes would be, since very few 
>>> > voters would understand the context of the issue, or the 
>>> > consequences of their choice?
>>> > 
>>> > And following the money, it would be easy for those with 
>>> > profits at stake to flood the citizens with misinformation, 
>>> > to buy the result they wanted.
>>> > 
>>> 
>>> As County welfare departments do.
>>> -- 
>>> Andrew Muzi
>>> am@yellowjersey.org
>>> Open every day since 1 April, 1971
>>> 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Name ONE case of an election being bought except the 2020 election.
>
>
>It seems to me that current administration's free money give away
>policy is an attempt to do that.  The college student's loan payoffs
>with taxpayer money is an example.

As I've often said, the best way to get elected is to start your
speeches with "If elected I will give you...."
-- 
Cheers,

John B.