"It's 8 pm Thursday night" "Posted by Elisa at 11:16 PM"
Ha! LIAR! Exposed!
I was originally going to rile myself up about the fact that politics coerces someone into becoming someone they're not, but going even deeper, I think that's okay, as long as one believes in the principles of democracy. The main principle of democracy is rooted in the suspicion that more than 50% of the people are right more than 50% of the time; given that, if a politician conforms to how the majority of people want to see him, then he'll be good for us more than 50% of the time.
But I think a bit more than 50% isn't quite often enough. Every other or every third presidential term, we face the cold turkey, four years without a glimmer of glory and a wit of wealth.
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"It's 8 pm Thursday night"
"Posted by Elisa at 11:16 PM"
Ha! LIAR! Exposed!
I was originally going to rile myself up about the fact that politics coerces someone into becoming someone they're not, but going even deeper, I think that's okay, as long as one believes in the principles of democracy. The main principle of democracy is rooted in the suspicion that more than 50% of the people are right more than 50% of the time; given that, if a politician conforms to how the majority of people want to see him, then he'll be good for us more than 50% of the time.
But I think a bit more than 50% isn't quite often enough. Every other or every third presidential term, we face the cold turkey, four years without a glimmer of glory and a wit of wealth.
Maybe democracy isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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