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SubredditDrama

337 ups - 110 downs = 227 votes

339 comments submitted at 14:37:31 on May 4, 2014 by poutinethrowaway

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  • BRBaraka
  • 13 Points
  • 16:18:05, 4 May

Democracy has plenty of problems but it's still better than the alternatives

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  • RoboBananaHead
  • 6 Points
  • 17:33:34, 4 May

DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM

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  • RoboBananaHead
  • 6 Points
  • 17:33:03, 4 May

DEMOCRACY IS NON NEGOTIABLE

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  • Karenx1914
  • 8 Points
  • 16:43:57, 4 May

I agree.

I think the best solution would be more admin involvement in the defaults, but if the admins want to keep their "sit back on our asses and do the bare minimum" policy, they need to give the community the ability to do something.

I think the best solution would be to remove all "default" subscribers anytime a subreddit is removed from default.

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  • NicholasCajun
  • 4 Points
  • 17:48:47, 4 May

That's a good idea, only problem I see with it is that nearly all subscribers will be defaulters. I still have a few subs consistently subscribed to from when I signed up, it's pretty clear that I want to remain subscribed to them.

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  • ElizabefWarrenBuffet
  • -2 Points
  • 18:05:30, 4 May

What is the next best alternative and what is democracy's worst problem?

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  • BRBaraka
  • 5 Points
  • 18:07:38, 4 May

Democracys problem is drama. The other systems steamroll popular opinion so shit gets done. But these systems are unstable because when you ignore the will of the people they eventually revolt

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  • ElizabefWarrenBuffet
  • -2 Points
  • 18:16:12, 4 May

you didnt really answer the other question. explicitly, what system is the next best alternative? also, are you absolutely sure "drama" is the worst problem of democracy, and not the whole, you know, enslavement to popular opinion/ mob rule thing?

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  • BRBaraka
  • 5 Points
  • 18:20:24, 4 May

Being told what to do by a subculture that believes it knows what is good for you is far worse than mob rule. Besides, if you ignore the people they revolt. There is no other option besides democracy really, as all the other options are temporary: they are unstable. you simply cannot ignore the will of the people. If you di it's just a matter of time before the govt falls to revolt. Stability and legitimacy is something democracy manufactures. all other systems stability and legitimacy decay.

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  • ElizabefWarrenBuffet
  • -2 Points
  • 18:26:20, 4 May

>all other systems (except democracy, which only has a problem of "drama" as its worst trait) stability and legitimacy decay

yeah I didnt think you would give me an honest reply but shit dont say I didnt give ya a chance.

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  • BRBaraka
  • 5 Points
  • 18:30:21, 4 May

I'm sorry I didn't know this was an interrogation and that you are some sort of authority

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  • ElizabefWarrenBuffet
  • -3 Points
  • 20:05:48, 4 May

im sorry I didnt know it was so hard to answer questions about your own declarative statements

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  • BRBaraka
  • 2 Points
  • 20:17:40, 4 May

i answered them just fine. perhaps it is your attitude and your perception that is a problem here?

paging /r/SubredditDramaDrama/

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  • ElizabefWarrenBuffet
  • -1 Points
  • 20:37:30, 4 May

yeah, what an attitude! how dare I consider "drama is democracy's worst problem" an intellectually dishonest answer. Im so dramatic for thinking that