America and Canada are both ruled by fools. ?This is possible because of two things. ?The first is that both use majority rule. ?The second, which follows on from the first, is that both have become majoritarian democracies.??(In a majoritarian democracy, the candidate or party that receives a majority of the votes has implicit permission to run the country as a dictatorship.)
Neither majority rule nor majoritarianism is an essential component of democracy, which is simply rule according to the will of the people.
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On Mar 24, 2022, at 02:20, Pat Trivers <pat_trivers@...> wrote:
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Justin Trudeau has been swanning around Europe lately, meeting with world leaders, pretending to be helping to solve the Russia/ Ukraine problems. We Canadians here at home wonder why the world leaders bother to invite him. Surely they know by now what a useless piece of garbage he is. Maybe they don't invite him; maybe he's crashing their gatherings. Anyway, we were gratified last week to see that he was met and followed by crowds in London waving Canadian flags and shouting the slogan made famous by the Freedom Convoy in February - F?ck Trudeau.
Today, we got full value for the cost of sending him to Europe again this week. He was at the EU Parliament. First, he got up and made a speech to an almost empty room. Funny, the room is always empty when he speaks at the UN as well. During the speech he whined again about the Freedom Convoy, and once again yapped about how democracy is unfortunately not quite being upheld everywhere the way it should be. He does this with a straight face, apparently completely unaware that he himself is the biggest offender. One wonders whether his speech writers are as completely lacking in self-awareness as he is, or if they're making a joke at his expense. And then when he finished, an EU politician from Croatia stood up and absolutely reamed him. It is such a joy to behold; I have watched it over and over and enjoy it just as much every time. Worth whatever it cost to send him there. I just wish they would keep him.
The link to the well-deserved reaming is below. I especially like the not-so-veiled threat at the end. Enjoy.
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