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		kybernetikos on Jan 1, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hollingsworth for US Senate 2014, implementing dir... If you really believe that the populace are so stupid as to think that they can get services without paying for them, why would they not elect representatives that promise the same thing? Representation rather than direct democracy does not help at all here.

jtc331 on Jan 1, 2013 [–]

The people already do vote for such representatives.

kybernetikos on Jan 2, 2013 | [–]

Then representative democracy is no better than direct democracy in this case which was the point I was trying to make.

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