# Sound Arguments Against Democracy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-arguments-against-democracy/94763>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 22, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-arguments-against-democracy/94763 "2001-11-22T14:15:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![forceps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@forceps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/forceps)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-arguments-against-democracy/94763/61 "2003-04-10T20:19:06Z")

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dog teaches hyena how to bark and how necessary it is to bark… (uhm animals, now i am beginnig to do it like esop and la fointaine)… dogish teaching is commonplace misunderstanding of uniqeness of any person… many professional teachers and coaches are doggish in this sense… this example is not suitable for making a point about democracy teachers… let it be…

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**Author:** ![McDuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@McDuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDuff)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-arguments-against-democracy/94763/62 "2003-04-10T22:06:23Z")

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A pure democracy would instantly make Rupert Murdoch the most powerful man on the planet. Does ANYONE, bar Rupert Murdoch, want this?

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