It's a representative republic, dammit, not a democracy!

[kryptonitemonkey]

Just something that needs to be said more than it is, as in, some. So many people bandy about the word democracy anymore. It's gotten to the point where it's nothing more than a buzzword used to promote whatever agenda is on the table. People saying that we don't stand for such things in a democracy, or that such things aren't done, or things need to be done if we want to keep our democratic rights. We don't have democratic rights. Democracies, pretty much as a rule, do not work for large populations, and are basically mob vote on whichever demagogue has the best speech. To be fair, that's what a lot of us do, but a representative republic means that we may get to vote on the issues that come up occasionally, but they are only issues that the people we elect deign to bring up. Not a democracy dammit! This concludes tonight's rant. Stay tuned for next weeks episode, when we will discover if the Riddler really does have our caped crusader upon the ropes of villiany, or whether he will be puzzled until his puzzler is sore. Same bat channel, same bat station...or something.