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Originally Posted by joshbaumgartner
Will,
Most of this country doesn't want to take on the responsibility of electing the president once every four years. Do you think they want the responsibility of having to weigh a no confidence motion in between? I mean I'm all for greater democracy, but democracy really puts responsibility on the people, and I don't know if the American people want that responsibility. I think a great number much prefer to put the responsibility on others to make their decisions for them.
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It's a way to allow people to understand what 'democracy' really means, namely massive responsibility spread out on the whole populace, making corruption and the attack on the rights of the populace much more difficult. I'm sure if you were to poll people, you'd get at least 75% against torture. I'm sure 60% of people don't know what habeas corpus is, which is a disgrace. If we were more involved in affairs of state, more people would have incentive to learn about our responsibility as members of a democracy.
To those who would have others make their decisions for them, I'm sure Omar al-Bashir would love to have a few new citizens in Sudan.