The People's Line

The People's Line

Not an argument against democracy

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Carl Beijer
Aug 01, 2014
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Okay, democracy has been suspended. Meh? …Evil bureaucrats bribed, stole, and swindled Detroit into utter ruin. It seems inhumane to me that anyone could think this result was what city residents deserved as long as some chunk of them cast ballots authorizing it on behalf of everyone else. What about all the people who didn’t approve of their city gover…

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