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7. Always our Achilles heel.

Sat Nov 9, 2024, 09:07 AM

Nov 9

The founders saw it coming and it worried them more than anything. They did their best to build a system that could avoid the fate of Athens but even that wasn't enough. The greatest weakness of democracy is the idiocy of the people.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/james-madison-mob-rule/568351/

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H.L. Mencken quote from 1920 [View all] anamnua Nov 9 OP

H.lL. Mencken was another broken clock. madaboutharry Nov 9 #1

Did not know that anamnua Nov 9 #2

The word 'narcissistic' was added by someone else. PAMod Nov 9 #3

+33. Harker Nov 9 #4

Now THERE'S a quote that fits this moment. calimary Nov 9 #5

Always our Achilles heel. paleotn Nov 9 #7

A bit about Mencken for those interested. Joinfortmill Nov 9 #6

Reading that Paris Review article. Interesting stuff. calimary Nov 9 #8