LL>> "Unlike a single-party system (or a two-party democracy),   
    LL>> it [multi-party system] encourages the general constituency   
    LL>> to form multiple distinct, officially recognized groups,   
    LL>> generally called political parties."   
    LL>> [source: ibid]   
      
    DD> Why is it that everyone seems to labour under the illusion   
    DD> that the US is a democracy. It was designed as a   
    DD> representative republic. And has devolved into an   
      
    If you read up on it, the founding peoples (fathers) saw them   
    pretty much the same.   
      
    DD> oligarchy. Neither of which has a lot to do with democracy   
    DD> (mob rule). Of course everyone wants to be an oligarch ...   
    DD> even those who have never heard the word before.   
      
    Which is why we need to enforce laws to stop *THEM* from   
    becoming oligarchs. Those same law will restrict us.   
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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