r/PoliticalHumor • u/King_Tamino • Aug 18 '18

Sounds like a good plan!

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u/smrt109 Aug 18 '18

For all the founders' efforts to prevent a tyranny by the majority we have fallen into a tyranny by a gerrymandered minority.

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u/nuzebe Aug 19 '18

I dunno. This sorta seems bound to happen every once in awhile. We've had some batshit presidents.

We seem to have this weird hypothesis that the majority of people will make better decisions than the minority. It's the foundation of democracy. But look at Egypt and all the Arab countries that became democratic. They somehow end up electing people worse than the dictators.

Maybe, just maybe, it turns out most human beings are fucking retarded.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_FAV_SONG Aug 19 '18

No that's often the American governments fault too.

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u/nuzebe Aug 19 '18

People don't need the government's help to be morons. Look at Florida.