Re: The joy of Democracy

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 19:00:52 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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On 2024-10-20, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
 

That’s why you have more checks and balances: an independent judiciary,
en electoral commission that operates transparently and free from
political interference, a free press, and an electorate that stays
informed about what is being done in their name by their leaders.

 
All of which are being dismantled in the U.S.

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Who was it who said: “the price of liberty is eternal vigilance”.
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There seems to be this assumption in the US that nobody else does it
better. So if they cannot make a free, secular democracy based on the rule
of law work, then nobody else can.

As an American, I have to say that America is *backward* and *dumb* in so many
ways, so many more than I ever realized. Especially in the last decade or so.

Just gonna open up this bottle of bourbon and chug it.  <glug glug glug glug
glug glug glug glug glug ... ahhhhh>.

Damn metric quarts!  There's nothing to 'em!

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