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		uslic001 on June 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Satisfaction with Democracy Has Declined in Recent... "Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something." Robert A. Heinlein

wakawaka28 on June 29, 2024 [–]

One man can be wiser than a million, but it is likely that one man doesn't know enough to tell a million how to live their lives the best way. Do you want one man unilaterally deciding that we need to go fight to the death in some war?

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