Neoreactionary idea that democracy caused our predicament should be modified in light of fact that courts just overturn laws they don't like
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Replying to @Mangan150
@Mangan150 democracy doesn't mean that the voters get what they want. Votes have weak but steady influence on the real, "permanent" govt2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Mangan150 Moldbug wrote very extensively on the subject (search "rotary system"). Foseti also excellent.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Mangan150 my take was here: http://anomalyuk.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/two-kinds-of-democracy.html … ."Real" democracy rarely lasts more than a decade or two.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@Mangan150 better Moldbug example: …http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/climategate-historys-message.html … —explains where "real" democracy can't work, as well as what we have now.
2:30 PM - 12 Feb 2014
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