I have long realized that reasoning with redditors has no purpose. No, expand that on people online in general. If you are stuck in an echo chamber long enough, you have zero problems doing the most incredible mental gymnastics. The internet will unironically be the end of western liberal democracy. We are regressing to ape like mental mindsets, our group can do nothing wrong, our group is always right, the other group is always wrong and only commit evil. Debate, compromises, talking to and understanding each other which Form the basis of our democracy are fading. Was uncle Ted a psycho? Yes. Was he despite his methods right at the end of the day? Looking at the internet probably yes.
Well anyway if you got here thanks for entertaining a Schizo. Feel free to insult me and call me paranoid in the comments, I probably deserve it.
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good riddance
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2edgy4me
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Itβs not βedgy,β democracy beyond the extremely local level is completely fricking r-slurred. Why does a barista need to have a say in foreign policy? Why is a homeless addict qualified to assess who has the best policy on corporate tax rates? Why should anyone give a millionth of a shit what a cashier at Kroger thinks of military spending package? This is an idiotic concept.
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I think carp, the philosopher king, should make all the choices for what will happen in the US
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I'm not qualified to do any of those things either! It's very literally r-slurred to suggest that I should have any say in the federal government whatsoever!
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I don't think the average American has any say in the federal government anymore. I think it's an ecosystem sausage factory that exists simply to support and grow itself.
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But we donβt vote directly for policy on a federal level. We vote for representatives. Ideally, we vote for representatives that will make good decisions. Anyway, I do see your point.
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He's even humble and aware of his own failings. We should definitely crown him.
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This is why I don't vote
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Giving the redditor r-slurs effectively double the voting power.
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Think of the seethe my friend, think of the seethe.
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Oh I mean yeah like I definitely would do it, but I shouldnβt be allowed to.
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Could not agree more π€
Edit: Iβm sorry Iβm being a c*nt today
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That's why we have representative democracy, not direct democracy.
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No mom, I would be the GOOD pol pot
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Well, it must be doing ... something. It's one of the best predictors for wealth. China may have figured out the next dominant model though
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Correlation, not causation.
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The causation might be flipped too. The richer a country, the more stable the democracy is and the longer is lives.
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This is why decision-making should be handed over to educated technocratic professionals like Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Chicago associates.
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Darn I have really got under your skin today. π€
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Haha you responded to what I said to you, triggered much?
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don't let the gussy bring you down, king
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Sned
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We can be super gay about this and argue that with enough propaganda even in a democracy your vote isn't actually yours.
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Democracy died with women's suffrage, it was fine before that.
Jk, men were r-slurred enough to vote for women's suffrage, nvm lol.
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What if they were afraid of s*x strikes?
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so true
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