Quote Originally Posted by Ray View Post
Well, when one sings paeans about democracy, then one should follow the norms, no matter how bad it is.

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if a wrong guy gets elected, just to bad. That is what is democracy all about - free choice, right? Or is democracy getting the 'right guy' elected? And who is the one to decide who is the 'right guy'. The outsiders who have their own agenda?
Easy to say from a place heir to the English tradition, not so easy to do in other parts of the world that are not heir to that tradition. That is why I mentioned Germany circa 1933 and 1934. Sometimes the 'one man, one vote, one time' boys get elected, then the need for modifying things on the fly arises.