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Originally posted by geep
As I said earlier in this thread, buying votes is not something I'm in favor of, but it has nothing to do with rule by Aristocracy. One vote per person.
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It has every thing to do with rule by aristocracy. The richer you are, the more votes you have. Thus you can easily outvote the majority and put someone in power who favors you and helps cement your power(through favorable economic government policies) through screwing the majority.
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By the way- wasn't that the same system in the Soviet Union?
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No. The elite(the communist party) were in power and controlled the means of gaining power. The average worker had no say and if he dared to open his mouth to complain, he was silenced. Remember that our constitutional protections can be eliminated by new amendments. When you've got control of the government, passing those new amendments won't be nearly as hard.