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Tell Me Again Why Democracy Is A Good Idea

by Doug Mataconis @ 9:09 pm on July 29, 2009.

When the vast majority of the voting public comprises people like this:

H.L. Mencken put it best:

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

H/T: The New Editor

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6 Responses to “Tell Me Again Why Democracy Is A Good Idea”

  1. Jason Says:
    July 29th, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    God damn.

  2. Max Udargo Says:
    July 29th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    I agree with everything she says when I’m really, really stoned.

  3. Matt the Great Says:
    July 29th, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    Now I understand how the East Coast is so wealthy. It’s, like, ya’ know, all that slave labor and China.

  4. tmana Says:
    July 30th, 2009 at 1:52 pm

    Did she, like, go to school, like, ever? Did she miss the classes on logic and reasonable thinking? The sort of argument and analysis that is required in high school English class? Did she skip out on an entire four years’ of American History and consumer information?

    Good thing she didn’t grow up in New York State: she’d have failed the Regents’ exams.

  5. The Crossed Pond » Democracy in Action Says:
    July 30th, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    [...] Hat tip to Doug for this gem. [...]

  6. Justin Gardner - Political Pulse – Behold! The Low Information Voter! - True/Slant Says:
    September 2nd, 2009 at 7:07 pm

    [...] (h/t: Below The Beltway) [...]

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