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onlyadream

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38. What happens when the majority of the voters are not being heard?
Sun May 27, 2018, 09:36 AM
May 2018

Which has already happened. Most Americans lean left, but we’re not properly represented. Laws being made go against what the majority of citizens want. If this continues, and continues to grow, there will be a very unhappy electorate. What happens then? Is that when the brute force happens, so the minority can retain, or regain power?

We may have already lost it.... kentuck May 2018 #1
Quite possibly. ananda May 2018 #24
True dat donkeypoofed May 2018 #2
Yeah, that's what I've been wondering. People might be normalizing tRump and that is a scary thought RKP5637 May 2018 #12
Might be normalizing? The media is so KPN May 2018 #55
Who knows? rusty quoin May 2018 #3
We are on the brink without a life vest... BlueJac May 2018 #4
Ignorance and the love of money. Ligyron May 2018 #21
This relentless propaganda by the Fascist Oligarchy is the most dangerous thing constantly.... magicarpet May 2018 #23
YEP Cosmocat May 2018 #36
It's no longer cynical to think we've already lost it, then? RVN VET71 May 2018 #5
"Bernie was robbed of the nomination" ?? ehrnst May 2018 #53
I've really been re-examining democracy malaise May 2018 #6
I don't think it'll take 20 years. But the Nazis & fascists still alive... Honeycombe8 May 2018 #7
i don't expect to be alive in 20 years barbtries May 2018 #8
I'm in that boat too. pazzyanne May 2018 #25
Ditto -- though if I can still walk, do some physical KPN May 2018 #56
every day barbtries May 2018 #62
Democracy only lasts when all parties are willing to accept a loss in an election DFW May 2018 #9
The American voting system has been corrupted for a very long time. tomp May 2018 #33
That'S true, but doesn't tell the whole story. DFW May 2018 #49
I wasn't referring to Johnson's presidential election. tomp May 2018 #52
I'm no Reagan fan bearsfootball516 May 2018 #57
I'm saying popular will was drastically manipulated in 1980, which led to 1984 DFW May 2018 #61
Are you referring to the Illinois vote in 1960? shanny May 2018 #54
What happens when the majority of the voters are not being heard? onlyadream May 2018 #38
Remember what Unamuno said at the start of the Spanish Civil War DFW May 2018 #48
Well, we already know a lot of Americans KPN May 2018 #59
I think it is important to factor in that Silver Gaia May 2018 #10
Also, millions and millions are fed up with the GOP, tRump and his lies, and his con artist tactics. RKP5637 May 2018 #15
Yep. I agree with that! You make good points, too. Silver Gaia May 2018 #17
Thank you for a little perspective this morning, Silver Gaia. pazzyanne May 2018 #29
You are most welcome, pazzyanne. Silver Gaia May 2018 #30
And another factor to consider, PatSeg May 2018 #35
This is also a very good point. Silver Gaia May 2018 #41
Ah yes PatSeg May 2018 #42
Yup. Silver Gaia May 2018 #44
Yes we are PatSeg May 2018 #46
my dream is when im on my deathbed in 20 years..ok 30 years... samnsara May 2018 #11
There you go! PatSeg May 2018 #37
Perfect dream ... let's make it happen! KPN May 2018 #60
during the elections i kept getting visions of the Roman Empire.... samnsara May 2018 #13
It didn't just up and disappear. Its power just morphed into the Roman Church. They Silver Gaia May 2018 #18
Really? tomp May 2018 #34
Really. We are not Rome. Silver Gaia May 2018 #43
20 years from now we will all be walking around with filtering masks on leftofcool May 2018 #14
Cheer up! Our air is cleaner now than it was 50 yrs ago. 7962 May 2018 #26
The sad part is they don't die off, new ones come along. I used to think that eons ago when a kid RKP5637 May 2018 #16
Yes. The unmasking has just begun, IMO. Silver Gaia May 2018 #19
It depends on honest elections bucolic_frolic May 2018 #20
Democracy is already dead liberal N proud May 2018 #22
Could be the United Federal Reserve Region???? CK_John May 2018 #27
When You Say That No Democracy Has Lasted More Than 300 Years... panfluteman May 2018 #28
The UK has not been a constitutional democracy for 300 years. former9thward May 2018 #51
we don't have 20 years.... Locrian May 2018 #31
His hideous zentrum May 2018 #32
It's not over. We're on a precipice & could topple either way. CrispyQ May 2018 #39
Unshaken northremembers May 2018 #50
And, 20 years from now, the war criminals involved in the invasion of Iraq Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #40
In 20 years rownesheck May 2018 #45
I think I'm pretty clear-eyed about where we are now RandomAccess May 2018 #47
Duration is not the issue. It's the size of the nation Bucky May 2018 #58
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