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How did the US or any countries founding fathers come up with a democracy? The couldn't have pulled it out of thin air..was it a plan long before they came to the state? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] brendansimms@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

what happened here? [removed by mod]

[โ€“] Patnou@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

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