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What could they do? It's like trying explain why Sisyphus is actually in heaven, to a child with a fear of rocks; people (by which I mean our culture) are taught to fear an uncertain future, Sisyphus knows exactly what he'll be doing tomorrow and he, oh so, nearly succeeded today, 'still' he thinks 'there's always tomorrow' and gets his head down for forty winks. 😉

You are wrong, 'we' will be fine; but they are definitely doomed...

There was... It's going to be a difficult time for the satirical, they have fallen on stoney ground...

You're missing the point, contempt IS a hateful way to explain ANY difference in opinion/creed/etc. Contempt is always a weakness, because you assume "that you're better than the next man, fool... The next man may save your life, fool; let that be a lesson, fool"... 😉

Contempt should be restricted to the sports field bc it's useful to imagine one is better than one's opponent in order to win a game!!! In rugby, we then shake hand's and applaud them off the field, win or lose... When it's applied to the real world, it just causes conflict and when at war the concept is super-sized to create hatred... Fundamentally were all the same, adults, contempt is for kids fighting in the playground.

It's funnier than that, America has voted in their king and we'll be forced to pay him fealty; the circle of life lends wieght to the irony... 😉😣

It's missing some context...

Yes, not everyone's vote matter, is not the same as no one's vote matters...

Ok, so my definition is, 'everyone' gets a vote and will be required to submit it, even if they don't want to (unless they can't make a significant mark) regardless of age or ethnicity or any other excuse that limits their humanity. As it goes, I think the electoral college system is an excellent way to limit the potential damage of a free-for-all witch hunt, based on the population density...

All we know is, the news is winning making a profit...

You seem to be conflating "pure democracy" with mob rule. @Night FM What is your definition of a pure democracy?

As has been pointed out this isn't the right forum to discuss this.

When is it ever as simply as a pure definition?

Why? As MalcomeX so eloquently put it "we aint never seen a democracy"...

Are you saying that a constitution couldn't be designed, that would make a pure democracy better?

What about a constitutional democracy prevents a pure democracy? Having said that, I don't think the American constitution could work as a pure democracy bc it could easily devolve into city States... Indeed, but a pure democracy would be a better system...

We're (by which I mean the royal we) lucky Mike Pence had a backbone the last time, Trump will have chosen much more carefully, this time; If he wins, we're looking at democracy in the rear view mirror... As @Peterkin suggested there has never been a true democracy, some are closer than other's but it's always a compromise with the self intrest of the wealthier...

More likely Delaware, bc their beauty queen was a very pretty man...

It's a straightforward question, to which the answer is and? Bc 'we' could never visit, to see for ourselves... Why?

It seldom does, when it's much more comfortable over here...

Trump will win, whatever the count and America could lose: they may have already lost bc the political pendulum 'will' find it's zenith due to mass + momentum - resistance; my fingers are crossed, bc this shit spreads like a plague, and we've got a special relationship, lots of touching 🙏

You don't seem to have any idea about how even the basics of an economy works, inflation is the expression of the people who want more than they have now; it's a natural tax on the future, not futures (which is another such expression)...

Indeed +1, all we really need to comunicate in another language is a smile and a willingness to try; the minute we start to think that we speak it like a native, is the minute we start to piss the natives off...

He said, from under his bridge, on a computer powered by the grid and connected to the web... And? Disclaimer 'not everyone that lives under a bridge is evil'... 😣

But you're trying to change it to 'the value of piety', to which I say "whatever floats your boat", because it's no excuse or clarion call to the army of the righteously indignantly, touched... Can you be more specific about my lost argument, please...