"The Fathers who invented it, if they could return from Hell, would never recognize it. It was conceived as a free government of free men; it has become simply a battle of charlatans for the votes of idiots."
The Sage of Baltimore, Henry Louis Mencken, 09/12/1880 - 01/28/1956, speaking on the topic of democratic government as practiced in the United States of America - around 100 years ago.
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