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Old 08-13-2012, 01:47 PM
 
Location: Great Falls, Montana
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We are somewhere between apathy and dependence.
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Old 08-13-2012, 01:47 PM
 
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None of them were democratic.
So my Comrade Chairman/Fuehrer/Tsar/King, what might be your alternate form of government?
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Old 08-13-2012, 01:49 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.

Neither can plutocracy, oligarchy, monarchy, dictatorship...
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Old 08-13-2012, 01:54 PM
 
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So my Comrade Chairman/Fuehrer/Tsar/King, what might be your alternate form of government?
I don't like alternatives to democracy, even though I haven't seen democracy anywhere.
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Old 08-13-2012, 01:55 PM
 
Location: My beloved Bluegrass
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Hmmm...

The Roman Republic lasted about 480 years, and the Empire another 700. The Egyptian civilization lasted some three thousand years. The Islamic Caliphate about 1300 or so years. The Greeks lasted some 650 years. Where did this interesting "average" come from?
Yeah, but they were killing people willy-nilly so people were kept in check.
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Old 08-13-2012, 02:22 PM
 
Location: Littleton, CO
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Yeah, but they were killing people willy-nilly so people were kept in check.
So where did his 200 year average come from?
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