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Manomanman · 04-16-2009, 05:21 AM

The people don't wield any real political power:

1. The masses don't control the major media.
2. Votes don't really mean anything when the media gives you a binary choice between two hand-selected parties.
3. Citizens have the RIGHT to veto bad laws via jury nullification - but about 0.001% of the population even knows what that term means, and therefore, the cornerstone (i.e. most powerful "vote") of a law-based Republic no longer exists.

The Republic has been long dead, my friend, and it's not coming back any time soon.

04-16-2009, 05:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
Manomanman Family Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,052	The people don't wield any real political power: 1. The masses don't control the major media. 2. Votes don't really mean anything when the media gives you a binary choice between two hand-selected parties. 3. Citizens have the RIGHT to veto bad laws via jury nullification - but about 0.001% of the population even knows what that term means, and therefore, the cornerstone (i.e. most powerful "vote") of a law-based Republic no longer exists. The Republic has been long dead, my friend, and it's not coming back any time soon. Last edited by Manomanman; 04-16-2009 at 05:24 AM.