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RE: Democracy fails...
March 24, 2015 at 1:25 pm (This post was last modified: March 24, 2015 at 1:26 pm by Nope.)
(March 15, 2015 at 8:47 pm)Lek Wrote: Democracies and democratic republics, or any form government for that matter, are only as good as the people who comprise them. If the people of nation are immoral, then they will elect immoral people. I'd rather live under a benevolent dictator than in a corrupt democracy.

Do you have a historical example of a benevolent dictator? I find it difficult to believe one ever existed
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Democracy fails... - by lifesagift - March 15, 2015 at 5:21 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Dystopia - March 15, 2015 at 5:59 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by downbeatplumb - March 24, 2015 at 1:08 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Thumpalumpacus - March 24, 2015 at 1:32 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by downbeatplumb - March 24, 2015 at 1:38 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Anomalocaris - March 24, 2015 at 1:55 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Thumpalumpacus - March 24, 2015 at 8:23 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Chad32 - March 15, 2015 at 6:20 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by lifesagift - March 15, 2015 at 6:29 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 15, 2015 at 6:32 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by lifesagift - March 15, 2015 at 6:56 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by abaris - March 15, 2015 at 7:11 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 15, 2015 at 9:26 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Chad32 - March 15, 2015 at 8:35 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Lek - March 15, 2015 at 8:47 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Dystopia - March 15, 2015 at 8:52 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Anomalocaris - March 15, 2015 at 9:29 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Chad32 - March 15, 2015 at 9:58 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by JuliaL - March 24, 2015 at 1:02 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by abaris - March 24, 2015 at 1:18 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by downbeatplumb - March 24, 2015 at 1:30 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Nope - March 24, 2015 at 1:25 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Tonus - March 24, 2015 at 1:39 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by abaris - March 24, 2015 at 2:43 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Anomalocaris - March 24, 2015 at 4:08 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Dystopia - March 24, 2015 at 4:15 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Anomalocaris - March 24, 2015 at 4:19 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Cato - March 24, 2015 at 1:26 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Thumpalumpacus - March 24, 2015 at 1:39 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by mralstoner - March 15, 2015 at 9:06 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Smaug - March 15, 2015 at 9:07 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Minimalist - March 24, 2015 at 12:43 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Anomalocaris - March 24, 2015 at 12:59 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by FatAndFaithless - March 24, 2015 at 1:02 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Anomalocaris - March 24, 2015 at 1:07 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Chad32 - March 24, 2015 at 1:11 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Anomalocaris - March 24, 2015 at 1:26 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Dystopia - March 24, 2015 at 3:03 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Fidel_Castronaut - March 24, 2015 at 4:19 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Anomalocaris - March 24, 2015 at 4:32 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Dystopia - March 24, 2015 at 4:23 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Fidel_Castronaut - March 24, 2015 at 4:29 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Fidel_Castronaut - March 24, 2015 at 6:13 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by abaris - March 24, 2015 at 6:16 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Anomalocaris - March 24, 2015 at 6:25 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Fidel_Castronaut - March 24, 2015 at 6:28 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Fidel_Castronaut - March 24, 2015 at 6:27 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by Anomalocaris - March 24, 2015 at 7:19 pm
RE: Democracy fails... - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 24, 2015 at 7:42 pm

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