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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004
Not an expert on Thomas Jefferson, but I would interpret it that what he was referring to were countries without representative systems of government for the most part. Remember, the United States was the first republic since Rome. And the idea of representative government that the U.S. pioneered was viewed by the European elites at the time as an experiment that would end in grand failure. The beauty with representative government is that if enough people to stage an armed resistance become severely displeased with the government, that likely is enough people to just vote the politicians out of office.
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Ever hear of the 3% ?
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