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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-11-05 09:23 PM
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Poll question: "In a civilized society, there is no substitute for democracy"
Your thoughts?
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mr_hat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-11-05 09:24 PM
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1. Nobody voted for Aragorn.
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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-11-05 09:29 PM
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2. It's a popular myth debunked by China.
Edited on Mon Jul-11-05 09:32 PM by brainshrub
China taught the world's elites that you can have it both ways: A brutal dictatorship and solid economic growth.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-11-05 09:31 PM
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3. China merely pulled a Microsoft:
Looked at a more powerful entity and leeched off of it.

As Microsoft leeched off of IBM; China did the same of the United States.

Microsoft ultimately ditched IBM when it finished leeching.

With China it's going to be a little more painful when it stops sucking...
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