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To: sylvester80 who wrote (1239483)	6/14/2020 4:30:49 PM
From: Winfastorlose	3 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo longnshort Mick Mørmøny Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571928

LOL. No one has a democracy. Where did you come up with a crazy idea like that? Do you even know how a democracy is styled to function? Once again, you are a product of brainwashing. Do you personally vote on every law? The Greeks did. Democracies result in the oppression of minorities. 51% tells the other 49% exactly what they are going to do. Democracies result in the rule of the mob.

To: sylvester80 who wrote (1239483)	6/14/2020 4:40:26 PM
From: Maple MAGA	2 Recommendations Recommended By Mick Mørmøny Winfastorlose Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571928

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: samenleving is verre van racistisch Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Black Lives Matter Posted on June 10, 2020 Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Society is far from racist June 10, 2020 Washington: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, has spoken out from America about the Black Lives Matter protests. The opinion-maker argues that American society offers people the possibility to be themselves. Hirsi Ali speaks out against the media. She is bothered by the fact that journalists draw a difference in skin color when it concerns the behavior of police officers towards black or white people, but not when it concerns criminality. “Then you don’t get the whole story,” says Hirsi Ali. According to her, America is the best place on earth for blacks, women, homosexuals, transgender, or what have you, to be. “We have our problems, and so we must continue to address them. But our society and systems are far from racist.” Black Lives Matter Protest In recent weeks there have been large protests in the US after the death of the black arrestee George Floyd. Originally the protests were anarchist, with police cars set on fire and shops plundered. Over time, the protests have seemed to become more peaceful and more political. The protests have also spread to Europe. Here they are, in the most cases, pleasant, with incidents and unrest here and there, but there is fear it can turn around.

To: sylvester80 who wrote (1239483)	6/14/2020 4:46:07 PM
From: Maple MAGA	1 Recommendation Recommended By Mick Mørmøny Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571928

“The American system is not a democracy. It is a constitutional republic. A democracy, if you attach meaning to terms, is a system of unlimited majority rule; the classic example is ancient Athens. And the symbol of it is the fate of Socrates, who was put to death legally, because the majority didn’t like what he was saying, although he had initiated no force and had violated no one’s rights. Democracy, in short, is a form of collectivism, which denies individual rights: the majority can do whatever it wants with no restrictions. In principle, the democratic government is all-powerful. Democracy is a totalitarian manifestation; it is not a form of freedom . . . . The American system is a constitutionally limited republic, restricted to the protection of individual rights. In such a system, majority rule is applicable only to lesser details, such as the selection of certain personnel. But the majority has no say over the basic principles governing the government. It has no power to ask for or gain the infringement of individual rights.” AYN RAND