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Originally Posted by Anteater
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Very interesting. I don't think I've read any of Frank Herbert's work but he's got a good point here. Term limits. Sign me up. Despite Tom Steyer being an uncharismatic goofball, he was right on that front.
I'd probably vote for H.L. Mencken if I had the chance.
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Originally Posted by H.L. Mencken
As democracy is perfected, the office of the president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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