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People have a hard time understanding democracy is only one piece of the puzzle by blackwater 07/26/2016, 12:56am PDT
If you don't have the rule of law, individual rights, and a well-educated population, democracy just makes things worse.

The US's founding fathers understood this clearly and set up things like the Bill of Rights to prevent a tyranny of the majority. They also limited voting to men of property. (At the time, women and men without property were not likely to have any formal education.)

It's pretty easy for democracies to go bad, actually. Look at places like Venezuela where a charismatic leader basically dismantled the economy to give out handouts to his supporters. Or Iraq, where democracy is just a thin veneer over a bunch of warring tribes.

I just hope the US takes its nuclear missiles out of Turkey soon. We should just have a few more nuclear subs. The whole region has been a dumpster fire for decades and it's not worth a drop of American blood.
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fox fucking news the only source of a half-decent take on Turkey, what the fuck by Welcome to Omsk 07/17/2016, 7:45am PDT NEW
    It's hard to take sides on this one by Rey Mysterio Jr. 07/17/2016, 1:03pm PDT NEW
        It's easy to be on the side of the people and a more stable Turkey by Welcome to Omsk 07/17/2016, 4:40pm PDT NEW
            What's the third option? NT by There isn't any? Oh. 07/17/2016, 8:20pm PDT NEW
                I don't even know that there's a choice here, what's your opinion amount to anyw by Welcome to Omsk 07/18/2016, 6:26am PDT NEW
                    The coup didn't have top level military support NT by So it failed 07/18/2016, 8:32am PDT NEW
                    "What do you guys think about <X>?" "Well..." "FUCK YOU HASHTAG ACTIVISM, IT NT by DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK!" 07/18/2016, 7:02pm PDT NEW
                        I wish my original post was this direct. Thank you for your work in this field NT by Welcome to Omsk 07/20/2016, 12:42pm PDT NEW
    So now he's silenced the academics like a baby Pol Pot. I'd play a game about th by Welcome to Omsk 07/20/2016, 12:44pm PDT NEW
    People have a hard time understanding democracy is only one piece of the puzzle by blackwater 07/26/2016, 12:56am PDT NEW
 
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