Thursday, July 07, 2005

A Vital, Vibrant Democracy

From Volokh.

Color me surprised. Not.

Mr. Bendixen's poll found that 28 percent of Hispanics support the nomination, while 11 percent opposed it and 61 percent weren't aware of the nomination or didn't have an opinion.

He said that, based on listening to some of the poll interviews, it was clear many of those who supported Mr. Estrada were also confusing him with actor Erik Estrada, who was on the 1977-1983 television police drama "CHiPS" and is now a popular Spanish-language soap-opera star.

There is an old curse or truism, "People get the kind of government they want". Our people seem to want a governement that doesn't bother them too much with what's going on and makes for good TV. Democracy in the US has another 15-20 years before it's replaced with something else. What else is a good topic for speculation. The possibilities include:

Corporate Senate (25%)
Republic (20%)
Fuedalism (5%)
Facism (20%)
Oligarchy (20%)
Monarchy(2%)
Anarchy (1%)
Techno-anarchy(1%)
New and unknown (6%)

Maybe I should start a TradeSports bet....

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