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Ex-GOP candidate says ‘pure democracy not the way to run a country’ (www.msn.com)
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Former Republican Pennsylvania Senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum has said that Ohio’s vote to back abortion rights and marijuana legalisation shows that “pure democracies are not the way to run a country”.

The rightwing commentator, who was booted from CNN after making disparaging comments about Native Americans, appeared on the far-right network Newsmax on Tuesday night to take part in its election coverage.

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[-] Nougat@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago

A major problem with majority rule is the tyranny of the majority.

What happened in Ohio was the majority of voters acting to protect certain minorities. Women who have a need for abortion services are a minority. Marijuana is only illegal so that people in minority demographics can be convicted of felonies and have their voting rights taken away.

[-] Narrrz@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

so, an example of democracy working how it ideally should, instead of how it could be expected to.

[-] Nougat@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

Absolutely, and it makes it very clear which voters are only thinking of themselves, and which voters are thinking of society at large.

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