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Abortion (Unfinished)

This article is a work-in-progress.

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Democracy: Fundamentals (Unfinished)

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.

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Democracy: The US Constitution (Unfinished)

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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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Corruption

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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.''

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+ 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 a flat line 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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The Electoral College

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On Free Software, Education in China and the COVID-19 Pandemic

This was originally an email to the Libreplanet-discuss mailing list.

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Pragmatic Use of Nonfree Software

Abstract

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