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Originally Posted by MMM
How do you determine the support of the majority of the population? By elections. I elect leaders who will then do my will.
If we want to vote on everything, there is no point in having elected representation. Of course, nothing will get done, but at least we will know what the majority wants without a doubt, even if it is massively expensive and devastatingly time consuming.
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Thai people didn't vote on any US governments and didn't even get to vote on their own government, yet here is the US helping the unelected regime legitimize itself against the will of the majority of the Thai people, also damaging the relationship of Thailand with Russia in the process.
Many countries have similar problems. I only know about Thailand because I live here. I'm sure I'd have the same kind of story if I lived in some other country in this region.
Like I said, US fascism. They'll support the destruction of democracy and human rights so long as they get what they want - people to grovel before their superiority. Not a word of criticism for Abhisit, the unelected Thai PM, will come from the US now. Happy smiley faces, handshakes and massacres.
Going back to my original point, as far as the rest of the world is concerned, it's just America. Bush and Obama are the same. Democrat, Republican - only important for Americans who benefit from minor policies. The rest of the world just deals with a tyrannical America.
