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->'''"I could see how 'democracy' might do very well in a society of saints and sages led by an Alfred or an Antonius Pius. Short of that, I was unable to see how it could come to anything but an ochlocracy of mass-men led by a sagacious knave."''

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->'''"I could see how 'democracy' might do very well in a society of saints and sages led by an Alfred or an Antonius Antoninus Pius. Short of that, I was unable to see how it could come to anything but an ochlocracy of mass-men led by a sagacious knave."''

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->The problem: one who has freedom is free to take away another's freedom, and, because of [[HumansAreBastards man's nature]], [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves is inclined to.]]

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->The ->''"The problem: one who has freedom is free to take away another's freedom, and, because of [[HumansAreBastards man's nature]], [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves is inclined to.]]]]"''



->''First establish a democracy in your own household.''

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->''First ->''"First establish a democracy in your own household.''"''


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->'''"I could see how 'democracy' might do very well in a society of saints and sages led by an Alfred or an Antonius Pius. Short of that, I was unable to see how it could come to anything but an ochlocracy of mass-men led by a sagacious knave."''
-->-- '''Albert Jay Nock'''
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->''"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."''
-->-- [[RuleOfThree Winston Churchill]]
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->''"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."''
-->-- [[RuleOfThree Winston Churchill]]
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-->--'''Kent Brockman''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

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-->--'''Kent Brockman''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', after a Congress bill to evacuate the town from impending doom was defeated because some rando attached a pornography rider to it
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->''Excuse me, can you tell us the way out of here?'' [Everyone points in a completely different and opposite direction] ''Yes, well... that's democracy for you.''
-->-- '''The Fifth Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Castrovalva"

->'''Jack''': Look, we — we don't need politicians, we've all got iPhones and computers, right? So any decision that has to be made, any policy, we just put it online. Let the people vote — thumbs up, thumbs down, the majority wins. That's a democracy. That's a — that's an actual democracy.
->'''Jamie''': [[{{Foreshadowing}} So is]] Website/YouTube. And I don't know if you've seen it, but the most popular video is a dog [[ToiletHumour farting]] the theme song from Series/HappyDays.
-->-- ''Series/BlackMirror: [[Recap/BlackMirrorTheWaldoMoment "The Waldo Moment"]]''

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->''Excuse ->''"Excuse me, can you tell us the way out of here?'' [Everyone here? ''[everyone points in a completely different and opposite direction] ''Yes, direction]'' Yes, well... that's democracy for you.''
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-->-- '''The Fifth Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Castrovalva"

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"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Castrovalva]]"

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Look, we -- we don't need politicians, we've all got iPhones and computers, right? So any decision that has to be made, any policy, we just put it online. Let the people vote -- thumbs up, thumbs down, the majority wins. That's a democracy. That's a -- that's an actual democracy.
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democracy.\\
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[[{{Foreshadowing}} So is]] Website/YouTube. And I don't know if you've seen it, but the most popular video is a dog [[ToiletHumour farting]] the theme song from Series/HappyDays.
''Series/HappyDays''.
-->-- ''Series/BlackMirror: [[Recap/BlackMirrorTheWaldoMoment "The ''Series/BlackMirror'', "[[Recap/BlackMirrorTheWaldoMoment The Waldo Moment"]]''Moment]]"
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-->-- '''Music/TheRollingStones''', "[[Music/BeggarsBanquet Salt of the Earth]]"

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-->-- '''Music/TheRollingStones''', '''Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}''', "[[Music/BeggarsBanquet Salt of the Earth]]"

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->''"Democracy is more vindictive than Cabinets. The wars of peoples will be more terrible than those of kings."''
-->-- '''Winston Churchill''', [[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1901/may/13/army-organisation speech in the House of Commons]], 1901



-->-- '''UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill'''

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-->-- Attributed to '''UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill'''
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->'''Jack''': Look, we — we don't need politicians, we've all got iPhones and computers, right? So any decision that has to be made, any policy, we just put it online. Let the people vote — thumbs up, thumbs down, the majority wins. That's a democracy. That's a — that's an actual democracy.
->'''Jamie''': [[{{Foreshadowing}} So is]] Website/YouTube. And I don't know if you've seen it, but the most popular video is a dog [[ToiletHumour farting]] the theme song from Series/HappyDays.
-->-- ''Series/BlackMirror: [[Recap/BlackMirrorTheWaldoMoment "The Waldo Moment"]]''

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