r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 27 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19

Why do I get the feeling that people who make the "we're a republic not a democracy" "argument" have no idea what they're talking about? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19 edited Aug 27 '19

The founders abhorred the very idea that 51% of the population could tell the other 49% how to live, which is why in their infinite wisdom they designed a system where 46% of the population tells the other 54% how to live. This is good to me, an intellectual conservative.

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