Former FBI Director Robert Mueller Dead

[fwki]

Ya know — there is a music thread. 

I don’t see how this is working on this thread.

This is the dancin' on graves thread.

[ANNEE]

This is the dancin' on graves thread.

Am I supposed to understand that?

I hate to be a killjoy — but I’m still kinda ticked how this honorable man was treated by certain persons of the living.

[fwki]

I am sorry for your loss, but the show must go on!

[Waterglass]

The USA was never a full democracy. The electoral college ensures that.

Just take a look at the two front runners in US Presidential elections going back decades. You can't tell me that they have been the best that a country of 330 million people has to offer?

If people actually had a choice, and their vote was counted on a one person - one vote (no variability) basis, that would be democracy.

Other than the Democrats who began saying Democracy? "And to the Republic for which it stands" . The USA was formed as a REPUBIC. Look it up as there is a difference. 

The purpose of the Electorial College was to balance the mass corrupted and idiots as voters from all sides. As a MOD you are expected to be above this logic.

[chr0naut]

Other than the Democrats who began saying Democracy? "And to the Republic for which it stands" . The USA was formed as a REPUBIC. Look it up as there is a difference. 

The Federal Republic of Somalia.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The Republic of South Sudan
The Republic of Serbia
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea
The Islamic Republic of Iran
The Republic of Liberia
The Republic of Chad
The Republic of Djibouti
The Syrian Arab Republic
The Republic of the Congo
The People's Republic of China
The Republic of India
The Republic of Zimbabwe
The Republic of Angola
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
The Republic of the Sudan
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. A whole damn Union of Republics.

- I totally get what you were saying.

Top 10 Countries with the Worst Governments (the USA is 6th)

The purpose of the Electorial College was to balance the mass corrupted and idiots as voters from all sides. As a MOD you are expected to be above this logic.

The USA is supposed to draw its moral and ethical legitimacy to govern from the mandate of its citizenry. Yet, according to you, the EC's role is specifically to block and prevent that?

As a mod, I would try to ensure that debate is thoughtful, stimulating and rational - a meeting of the minds - carried out with good humour and that is carried out in a manner consistent with the published and agreed terms and conditions of the site.

[Waterglass]

As a mod, I would try to ensure that debate is thoughtful, stimulating and rational - a meeting of the minds - carried out with good humour and that is carried out in a manner consistent with the published and agreed terms and conditions of the site.

USA is a REPUBLIC. Why cat you use your position to debate as thoughtful, stimulating and rational - but no, I am classified as an idiot in writing by you?

[ReturnofBroccoli]

USA is a REPUBLIC. Why cat you use your position to debate as thoughtful, stimulating and rational - but no, I am classified as an idiot in writing by you?

Meow see here meow, he's not a mod in this thread meow just a regular user as yourself sharing an opinion and only has the same standards as you. Settle down meow








Meow

[chr0naut]

USA is a REPUBLIC.

And, in the light of history, why is that a good thing?

Why cat you use your position to debate as thoughtful, stimulating and rational - but no, I am classified as an idiot in writing by you?

Honestly, I'm not censuring you. And I hope I am not denigrating you as a person - to do that based only upon a few lines of text would be insufferably arrogant and would imply that I think I know stuff that I just don't.

I am just as human and fallible as anyone and I acknowledge that I am not some sort of pinnacle of human knowledge. My only knowledge is accumulated during days with the same length of day as everyone else's.

But debate requires the opposition of thoughts, ideas and opinions. For the purposes of the DI forums, it can also be entertaining and informative.

So, please, continue to expose weaknesses in my arguments and point out where my reasoning fails.

The moves are part of the dance.

[Waterglass]

And, in the light of history, why is that a good thing?


Honestly, I'm not censuring you. And I hope I am not denigrating you as a person - to do that based only upon a few lines of text would be insufferably arrogant and would imply that I think I know stuff that I just don't.

I am just as human and fallible as anyone and I acknowledge that I am not some sort of pinnacle of human knowledge. My only knowledge is accumulated during days with the same length of day as everyone else's.

But debate requires the opposition of thoughts, ideas and opinions. For the purposes of the DI forums, it can also be entertaining and informative.

So, please, continue to expose weaknesses in my arguments and point out where my reasoning fails.

The moves are part of the dance.

Republic allows for a popular vote majority by their citizens to be overturned as in the case of USA by Electoral Votes. A Democracy does not.

The Core Differences

Democracy ("Rule of the People"): Power stems from the citizens, who participate in government either directly (by voting on every single law) or indirectly (by electing officials to represent them).

Republic ("Public Affair"): Power resides in the people, but they exercise it strictly through elected representatives and agents rather than through direct majority rule. Furthermore, a republic typically operates under a supreme set of laws or a charter (such as a constitution) that protects individual and minority rights from being overridden by the majority

You need to have your software updated. I love AI

[chr0naut]

Republic allows for a popular vote majority by their citizens to be overturned as in the case of USA by Electoral Votes. A Democracy does not.

The Core Differences

Democracy ("Rule of the People"): Power stems from the citizens, who participate in government either directly (by voting on every single law) or indirectly (by electing officials to represent them).

Republic ("Public Affair"): Power resides in the people, but they exercise it strictly through elected representatives and agents rather than through direct majority rule. Furthermore, a republic typically operates under a supreme set of laws or a charter (such as a constitution) that protects individual and minority rights from being overridden by the majority

You need to have your software updated. I love AI

You reside in a country of 340 million people, ruled by whomever can get 270 or more Electoral College votes (and the 'electors' don't even have to be faithful to the votes of those they are supposed to represent), and with a choice of only 2 predetermined candidates (who, throughout US history, have mostly sucked).

PS, AI doesn't exist yet. What you suggest you love, is deceptive marketing of large language models which accumulate whatever stuff they scrape off the Internet, and therefore are mostly populist BS.