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Originally Posted by chachacha
the reason i see us being in danger of losing our democracy is that there is evermore corruption in our public officials on both sides, the voters are often led by selfish motives instead of the good of the nation, and fraud at the voting booth denies the people of their true wishes. when morals decay, democracy cannot flourish. i see these problems on both sides of the political spectrum. the wrongs mentioned by Tal were overcome largely because of the ethics of the majority of the people...when the majority no longer has ethics, the democracy fails.
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Greed breeds corruption. This country has to get back to the way it was before the rich got so damn rich and the poorer got more poor and the middle class becoming smaller. Back to the days when students paid for 20 percent of a college education and the universities 80. Now it is just about turned around where the students are paying 80 percent. Greed is not good and it has never been good. I could go on and on like when CEOs got only 30 or so more pay than the workers in the company ... Etc etc
But you are right about motives, etc