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sarisataka

(21,246 posts) Thu Nov 14, 2024, 01:28 PM Nov 14

Is democracy a too dangerous form of government to entrust to the People [View all]

without making allowances for corrective action when the People make the wrong choice?

There are an amazing number of proposals of non-democratic action, from immediately jailing Trump and his associates, to Biden refusing to relinquish power, to a military coup.

What sort of "guardrails" can be installed to "repair" an election when democracy fails to elect an obviously better candidate?

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Is democracy a too dangerous form of government to entrust to the People [View all] sarisataka Nov 14 OP

There's no way to stop that without dismantling democracy. Elessar Zappa Nov 14 #1

The Founders mistrusted direct democracy, fearing the mob. They did various things to mitigate... Hekate Nov 14 #2

That's what the electoral college is supposed to be for. BlueTsunami2018 Nov 14 #3

Believe it or not Scubamatt Nov 14 #4

We have ForgedCrank Nov 14 #5

Time (& a more stable fourth estate) Tweedy Nov 14 #6

Well, if you are going to call Magats and Trump flunkies people. jls4561 Nov 14 #7

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