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0 pointsPaulDavisThe1st1y ago0 comments

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." - H.L. Mencken

Wake me when a majority of actual US voters would pick someone based on their educational qualifications for the job.

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We do that all the time.

Not in any election that I've seen in the last 35 years.

I don’t think that’s true, frankly. I guess maybe if you don’t vote in local elections and also don’t pay attention to congressional elections.

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We do that all the time.

Not in any election that I've seen in the last 35 years.

I don’t think that’s true, frankly. I guess maybe if you don’t vote in local elections and also don’t pay attention to congressional elections.

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