tags: democracy
2000
November
- 2000 Nov 7
- election day
__ early, __ often
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2002
January
- 2002 Jan 10
- It Wasn't That the World Changed…
More thoughts about Dhalgren and the nature of synchronicity.
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2006
September
2007
December
- 2007 Dec 29
- oh no, not again
I won't disagree with the notion that Western Imperialism has caused much evil (the plight of the Pakistani in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination is yet another piece of evidence in that regard) but this monologue from Shakespeare still sends chills down my spine
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2011
June
- 2011 Jun 26
- liberty and emergent behavior
This is from a Friendfeed thread from a little while ago that I wanted to preserve (with a little editing):
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2016
March
- 2016 Mar 16
- Legitimacy of Democratic Institutions
Even when the margins are insurmountable, you still have to play out the whole game. That's what gives democratic institutions their legitimacy. Demands to short circuit the process are demands for invalidating the entire system.1
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June
- 2016 Jun 3
- Unfavorability Ratings and Mob Rule
It does seem like one of the major reason why people don't like Clinton is simply because of the media perception of her character and personality and hardly anything to do at all with policy. Hopefully Trump will remain far more despised than Clinton until November. Democracy and mob rule FTW!
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