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 		<h1>Abortion (Unfinished)</h1>
 		<p><i>This article is a work-in-progress.</i></p>
 
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 		<h1>Democracy: Fundamentals (Unfinished)</h1>
 		<p><i>Unless otherwise specified, ``democracy'' in this article refers to representative democracy.  ``Country'' can additionally refer to other regions that have people and its own policies, such as a state, provinces in some countries, etc.</i></p>
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+		<h1>Democracy: The US Constitution (Unfinished)</h1>
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+		When people talk about democracies, it's common to think of the US Constitution as the ``defining point of democracy''.  While the US is the first modern democracy, its laws is far from perfect.  In fact, it may be one of the worst of modern time!  I will briefly go through the following.
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+			<li><a href="#corruption">Corruption</a></li>
+			<li><a href="#electoral-college">The electoral college</a></li>
+			<li><a href="#senate">The senate</a></li>
+		</ul>
+
+		<h2 id="#corruption">Corruption</h2>
+
+		<p><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B/S1537592714001595a.pdf/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens.pdf">A study shows that ``Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.''</a></p>
+		
+		<p>
+		A near-ideal democracy would have a roughly linear positive correlation between the fraction of voters who support a policy and the possibility of the policy being passed in the legislature.  But in the US, the line is flat at about 30%.  A representative democracy wouldn't have a perfect correlation, because the general public is unable to be informed on all topics; fluctuations are normal.  But <em>a flat line</em> means that the opinions of the people don't matter at all.  This does not make sense in any type of democracy.
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+		<h2 id="electoral-college">The Electoral College</h2>
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+			<p><a href="/">Andrew Yu's Website</a></p>
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 		<h1>On Free Software, Education in China and the COVID-19 Pandemic</h1>
 		<p><i>This was originally an email to the Libreplanet-discuss mailing list.</i></p>
 
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 		<h1>Pragmatic Use of Nonfree Software</h1>
 		<h2>Abstract</h2>
 		
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