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Message: <blockquote data-quote="labhunter66" data-source="post: 500774" data-attributes="member: 1365"><p>Best answer yet.  The founders absolutely didn't want a democracy because they feared the tyranny of the majority, especially a small majority.  That is why we have the electoral college, that is why it takes 75% of states to ratify an amendment to the federal constitution, and that is why we have a senate where each state gets the same say.  I said this in the lunch program thread but I'll say it again here, just imagine what this country would look like if we were a straight democracy with a 50% +1 rule.  It would be a scary place and you would have virtually no rights.</p><p></p><p>Some have said we need it because they believe we have a crappy legislature.  Well, it only takes a majority to vote someone out of office and you have that chance on Tuesday, so if you don't like your representation, go vote for someone different.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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