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Democracy? What is democracy?. Republic? what is Republic?.How can 51% against 49% decide what is best for the country?.No wonder the Greeks and Romans rejected both political institution,and succeeded in becoming one of the greatest civilisations in the world.

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@eye-of-horus-42 said
Democracy? What is democracy?. Republic? what is Republic?.How can 51% against 49% decide what is best for the country?.No wonder the Greeks and Romans rejected both political institution,and succeeded in becoming one of the greatest civilisations in the world.
yeah the roman republic famously ended because the "romans" rejected democracy and not because of individual romans taking the power with large armies


"How can 51% against 49% decide what is best for the country?"
better for 41% to decide what isn't?
better for 1% to decide who wins because they have a fukton of money?


@eye-of-horus-42 said
Democracy? What is democracy?. Republic? what is Republic?.How can 51% against 49% decide what is best for the country?.No wonder the Greeks and Romans rejected both political institution,and succeeded in becoming one of the greatest civilisations in the world.
You didn't think this one through, did you?


@eye-of-horus-42 said
Democracy? What is democracy?. Republic? what is Republic?.How can 51% against 49% decide what is best for the country?.No wonder the Greeks and Romans rejected both political institution,and succeeded in becoming one of the greatest civilisations in the world.
"Democracy is three wolves and a sheep voting on who to eat for lunch"....
Sir Winston Churchill


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@Lundos: I did,apparently you did not, no wonder you had no intelligent reply!

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