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Originally Posted by kendo65
Can i also say that many in the U.S. seem to have extremely low faith in democracy, checks and balances, etc, etc.
If the country was emerging from 60 years of communist dictatorship I could understand more what that was about, but for a country that prides itself on democratic values and freedom there seems to be one hell of a loss of faith.
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THe peopel who have low faith are primarily the hard core right wing extremists (aka republicans). They are the american equivalent of the taliban.
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08-02-2012, 06:01 PM
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