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Tuhbee's avatar

Article so good I read it twice. Very solid arguments and illustrations, man. 👍🏽

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C3's avatar

Very good and well-written, but the issue is that nothing truly exists in a vacuum. If democracy is flawed or “silly,” then what are we comparing it to? What alternatives are less flawed? I’m sure no one would claim that democracy—or any designed system—is perfect. So, while the article presents strong arguments, once we've acknowledged its points, what then? Are we to reform democracy, control it, or do away with it entirely? And if we discard it, what would we replace it with? Perhaps some people are unaware of democracy’s flaws—should we even try to convince them?

Democracy is silly and we know that Ẹlẹwà, who no Sabi should be let alone before they now start advocating for something way worse, same for people who support it for some stupid reasons or one they could still get under other systems

I appreciate that you've consistently discussed these ideas, and I agree with them. However, it would have been sweeter for me if it came after your U.S. election predictions as brand new Elewa thing. I might have borrowed your ruler to measure your own IQ. Luckily (or unluckily), you’re smarter than that.

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Olamide Olanrewaju's avatar

He actually did provide an alternative, limited democracy. In the early days of the US, it wasn't one man one vote. The issue with democracy is that it allows millions of idiots to have the same opinion as you do.

I mean, the almajiri in the North has the same vote as you do. But there are even much more almajiri than you. And more almajiri are mobilised to vote than you are.

The end result? Buhari and Bola Tinubu as president.

I think a better system would be one where only people who have paid a certain tax threshold are allowed to vote. That creates skin in the game for voters, and the government.

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C3's avatar

What does that even mean? I mean we agree democracy is crazy, then what's limited democracy? Isn't it still democracy? Again if the alternative of democracy is democracy then why should we talk about how silly it is?

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Olamide Olanrewaju's avatar

Is it democracy if there're no universal suffrage? Does the presence of elections make it a democracy?

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Olamide Olanrewaju's avatar

Bro. What happened to your Twitter? Saw that your account was suspended.

Any way, our current constitution is a copy and paste of the 1979 constitution. The people that wrote the 1999 constitution are dead and gone.

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malik's avatar

take a group of people, shape them to your will and convince them to embrace a particular way of life.

That's what the founding fathers did and that's what needs to be done in southwest

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