Wednesday, November 21, 2018

'Democracy' in Action

The LA Times reports that the accused would lure the homeless to forge signatures for ballot measures in exchange for cigarettes or a few dollars... [More]
Why would they need to in L.A.?

[Via Michael G]

As long as I'm on the subject, I never said we lived in "a democracy." I have to be able to use the word if I'm going to point out some of the pitfalls. The parting "civics lesson" reminds me of this exchange for some reason:


And we all realize the term needs to be qualified as China is a "constitutional republic"?

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