13% of Democrats agree with Trump on that.

What the actual fuck?

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    That’s why you consider the reasons presented by those who invented democracy, rather than simply accepting an idea based entirely on who presented it.

    You don’t have to answer me, but ask yourself if our current societies have too many competing ideals, that it’s hard to get anything important done.

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      They invented direct Athenian democracy.

      The U.S. is the first constitutional republic. They are extremely different. This is like saying NASA engineers should consider why the Wright Brothers never left the atmosphere.

      America’s problems have nothing to do with what the Ancient Greeks believed.