It’s hard to believe but it’s true. Donald Trump is the President-elect of the United States of America. A man who has never held a public office in his life now is Commander and Chief of the most potent and lethal military force in history. Put another way, the fate
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the disgruntled democrat: Considering What Just happened in the US, It should Be Painfully Obvious Why Canada Should Change Its Voting System
It’s hard to believe but it’s true. Donald Trump is the President-elect of the United States of America. A man who has never held a public office in his life now is Commander and Chief of the most potent and lethal military force in history. Put another way, the fate
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: Democraphobia Runs Rampant in North America
The fear of democracy has a long history. Plato was mistrustful of the demos, believing it would be subject to bullies and to tyrants. In England, the storming of the Bastille in France by the sans-culottes during the French Revolution was dismissed as a regrettable manifestation of “mobocracy”. According to Thomas Jefferson,
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: Democraphobia Runs Rampant in North America
The fear of democracy has a long history. Plato was mistrustful of the demos, believing it would be subject to bullies and to tyrants. In England, the storming of the Bastille in France by the sans-culottes during the French Revolution was dismissed as a regrettable manifestation of “mobocracy”. According to Thomas Jefferson,
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: In Opening Up the Pandora’s Box of Electoral Reform, Canada Should Look Down Under
Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best. (Otto von Bismarck) I never though that I would see this day come. We have a newly elected Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, who stated publically that this election would be last using the first-past-the-post voting system,
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: In Opening Up the Pandora’s Box of Electoral Reform, Canada Should Look Down Under
Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best. (Otto von Bismarck)I never thought that I would see this day come. We have a newly elected Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, who stated publically that…
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: In Opening Up the Pandora’s Box of Electoral Reform, Canada Should Look Down Under
Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best. (Otto von Bismarck) I never thought that I would see this day come. We have a newly elected Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, who stated publically that this election would be last using the first-past-the-post voting system,
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