Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 01, 2003 06:34 PM
You're right. The whole point of this satire is that Linus is describing democracy, and the irony expressed therein is that our government these days is not very democratic.
It's really sad that the average U.S. citizen doesn't even know what democracy is, and accuses anyone espousing democratic principals of being a communist. Oh my gawd. If the idiot accusing Linus of communism is a typical American, I don't hold out much hope for this country.
The irony is that government in this so-called democracy is often not very democratic. What with secret arrests, secret committees run by Dick Cheney, and laws written by lobbyists, maybe it's all just an illusion of democracy designed to keep us fat and happy.
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Re:This won't work in the US.
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 01, 2003 06:34 PMIt's really sad that the average U.S. citizen doesn't even know what democracy is, and accuses anyone espousing democratic principals of being a communist. Oh my gawd. If the idiot accusing Linus of communism is a typical American, I don't hold out much hope for this country.
The irony is that government in this so-called democracy is often not very democratic. What with secret arrests, secret committees run by Dick Cheney, and laws written by lobbyists, maybe it's all just an illusion of democracy designed to keep us fat and happy.
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