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EldreEdda
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Tue Jun-08-04 09:48 PM Original message |
Why is America so different than other western democracies? |
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rucky
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Tue Jun-08-04 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. we're more isolated (geographically) |
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EldreEdda
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. So what you mean |
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rucky
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. But we're the 800-pound gorilla |
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EldreEdda
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yeah, I guess that's true |
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rucky
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. yeppers... also the xenophobia |
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iangb
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Nup.........not that........ |
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EldreEdda
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. The US |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Wed Jun-09-04 05:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
48. More like World War One |
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Djinn
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Wed Jun-09-04 12:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
43. don't know if that's it |
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Sliverofhope
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Tue Jun-08-04 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'd say two factors |
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EldreEdda
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. So religious fundamentalism |
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DaveSZ
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The corporations |
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swag
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. We get most of our information from Television |
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EldreEdda
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Hehe |
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DBoon
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. No feudal aristocracy to interfere |
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Burma Jones
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Puritans, Money, Slavery, Genocide, Power |
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madrchsod
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. close to 3000 yrs to get it right.... |
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Yupster
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. I hope we don't have to suffer |
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Eric J in MN
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. Would you want Tony Blair or John Howard? |
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EldreEdda
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Not only Blair and Howard |
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physioex
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Sigh...I know.. |
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immune2irony
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. Our horrible education system |
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Disturbed
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Americans |
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Bjornsdotter
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Brillant! |
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Swede Atlanta
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. U.S. versus Parliamentary Systems |
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Dark
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Welcome to DU, lawdem_atlanta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Yupster
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:35 PM Original message |
Very true lawdem |
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Yupster
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. dupiciticious |
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iangb
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Wed Jun-09-04 12:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
42. The 'free vote' system also makes it possible |
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Djinn
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Wed Jun-09-04 12:29 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Proportional representation |
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jsw_81
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. Far too much religious nonsense |
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Liberal Classic
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. Vive le Difference! |
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seabeyond
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. independent nature |
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Ivan Sputnik
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. We glorify the individual in our culture |
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EldreEdda
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I guess that's a good summary |
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seabeyond
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. i havent been to australia |
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iangb
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Wed Jun-09-04 12:27 AM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Australians are not very different to...... |
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seabeyond
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Wed Jun-09-04 12:39 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. my brother and i have pick australia to meet up in |
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newyawker99
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Wed Jun-09-04 09:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
50. Hi Will Robinson!! |
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theboss
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. We're so much bigger. |
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EldreEdda
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I don't think there's such a thing as a socialist paradise |
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Kanary
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. You're asking some good questions, EldreEdda......been thinking about this |
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EldreEdda
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Hi again Kanary :) |
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Kanary
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Hey, EldreEdda, I live close to my beloved mountains, so..... |
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unkachuck
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
32. because.... |
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Dark
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Welcome to DU unkachuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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newyawker99
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Wed Jun-09-04 09:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
51. Hi unkachuck!! |
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. I think it stems from a 'rebellious youth' style. |
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Wed Jun-09-04 12:15 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Also, I believe that the right wing stems from selfishness as well. |
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pansypoo53219
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. because of our 'youth |
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historian
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Wed Jun-09-04 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
47. sheer ignorance and false sense of superiority |
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jason_au
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Wed Jun-09-04 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
49. Well there's one difference..... |
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