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    And Ralph should know.  After all, doesn't he have the pennies from
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    On 10/12/10 1:49 AM, John W. wrote:
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      type="cite">Ralph Langenheim informs me that it has.
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                <div>I guess my one question would be this:  If a
                  majority of eligible voters, without overt coercion,
                  are complicit in electing tyrants to rule them
                  (whether or not said voters are somehow misled by the
                  mass media), has democracy died?</div>
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                    <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at
                      5:08 PM, Brussel Morton K. <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
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                              and rage… Is he wrong? Is this how Thomas
                              Payne wrote?
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                                        <h3>How Democracy Dies: Lessons
                                          From a Master</h3>
                                        <p>Monday 11 October 2010</p>
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href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/how_democracy_dies_lessons_from_a_master_20101011/"
                                            target="_blank">by: Chris
                                            Hedges  |  <b>Truthdig |
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