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[–] 7 points 4 months ago

Your comment prompted my memory of what I think Benjamin Franklin said when the country was born. In response to the question of what type of government they'd designed, he said something to the effect of: "A democracy, if you can keep it."

Even then, they were mindful of some of the weaknesses of their grand design

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