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From: Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 17:08:06 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-10-19, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> Scale is the real problem. A state like the US with over 300 million 
> people, half of which would like to see the other half hanging from lamp 
> poles,  is impossible without a highly coercive government.

Not the number of people - the divisiveness. Which may come from
inequality, ethnicities or racism. Yugoslavia is the textbook example.
Fell completely apart once the iron fist softened just a little bit.

But ... "it can't happen here!"