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Pastimes : Clown-Free Zone... sorry, no clowns allowed
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To: maceng2 who wrote (169723)6/2/2002 7:00:20 PM
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I think I know the argument...The people with less will try and take from those with more

No! The argument is that true democracies end up looking rather fascist through tyranny of the majority. As one of the American founding fathers pointed out a major, major role of government is to protect the minority from the majority.

That is difficult, if not impossible, in a full-on democracy where the majority gets even a little riled-up.
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