Fair enough, Destry. You've elevated the issue to another level. I long ago gave up notions of democracy and representation as we learned them in school. They never truly existed. They are words woven into our hypocrisy. Leaders at all levels choose from one side or the other, when both sides may be against the public interest (which is what we would choose if we saw clearly, thought rationally and acted disinterestedly). PETA wins today, NRA tomorrow, each looking after their powerful constituencies, and we wind up with a dissolving phantasmagoria, claptrap. I don't know why educated publics put up with it.
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