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Hong Kong's Democracy Protesters Are Doing What No Other Demonstrators Have - Mic

Sat, 04 Oct 2014 15:14:22 +0000

Although the organizers have threatened to kick things up a notch if the government doesn't address their concerns, all you have to do is take a look at their "Manual of Disobedience" to see why things have been mostly smooth.

Tags: #democracy #hongkong #imported:pinboard #politics #protest

Why ‘too big to fail’ is too much for us to take

Fri, 29 May 2009 14:23:05 +0000

"There should be a clear distinction in public policy between the requirement for essential activities to survive and the continued existence of particular companies engaged in their provision."

Tags: #capitalism #democracy #economics #failure #infrastructure #monopoly #socialism #toobigtofail

Congressional redistricting | How to rig an election | Economist.com

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:44:40 +0000

"In a normal democracy, voters choose their representatives. In America, it is rapidly becoming the other way around"

Tags: #democracy #elections #fraud #gerrymandering #politics

Unfogged - "Lock The Vault? What Kind Of Maniac Would Steal Money From A Bank?"

Sun, 14 May 2006 16:10:56 +0000

"For there to be a problem here, you're basically assuming a premise where you have some evil and nefarious election officials who would sneak in and introduce a piece of software," he said. "I don't believe these evil elections people exist."

Tags: #democracy #diebold #politics #via:revgeorge #voting