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    The New Yorker‏Verified account @NewYorker 4 Nov 2016

    Should we limit the political power that the ignorant have in a democracy? A new book argues yes. http://nyer.cm/KW4vIIS pic.twitter.com/Bv3O6Bgvlr

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      1. Spike Lastname‏ @ThinkMinty 4 Nov 2016
        Replying to @NewYorker

        You know how people call you guys elitist? This shit right here is why people say that, and they kind of have a point.

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      1. Keith Payne‏ @PayneIsReal 4 Nov 2016
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        .@NewYorker can I be the one who decides who is ignorant?

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      1. Daniel Mattos‏ @dvmattos 4 Nov 2016
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        Who gets to judge? @NewYorker Should we limit political power the ignorant have in democracy? new book argues yes.… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/794464267978362880 …”

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      1. ma am‏ @ma_am_42_21 4 Nov 2016
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        N O.

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      1. Jan Berg-Andreassen‏ @jbapub 4 Nov 2016
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        If that type of policy is implemented there will no more be a Democrat Party!

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      1. sub-orbital‏ @griergg 4 Nov 2016
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        I think there might be a very old book that also suggests that be a good idea

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      1. Artis Pabriks‏Verified account @Pabriks 4 Nov 2016
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        This is why referendums are wrong and representative democracy should be strengthened against the odds

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      1. Dame Averil Cameron‏ @19Averil 4 Nov 2016
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        Obviously not, but the Trump business makes one wonder

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      1. Michelle Rosenbaum‏ @michelleneuf 4 Nov 2016
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        Should we chop up those that we ... Who is we a liberal... Think inferior STEM CELL RESEARCH RUINING OUR CIVILIZATION!

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      1. BRho‏ @BRhodesMD 4 Nov 2016
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        There's grave difference between being ignorant+uneducated & being ignorant of the truth because it is withheld by media+leaders

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      1. Johan‏ @jo_han1985 4 Nov 2016
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        Make demcracy work at any cost, if also the elites dont vote right, then only a few need to vote until they make the right choice

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      1. ajk‏ @DukeGrad1995 4 Nov 2016
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        it was the sentiment of the founding fathers.

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      1. Francesco Pieri‏ @ilbampo 4 Nov 2016
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        And what would the argument be to call such an "improved" system a democracy, exactly?

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      1. Deirdre McDowell‏ @McDeirdre536 4 Nov 2016
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        The Ignorant? Politicians or Me?

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      1. Martin Siesta‏ @msiesta2 4 Nov 2016
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        As Ibsen observed in "Enemy of the People", sometimes the people( are their own enemy

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