Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world Petersson @feddit.org 9mo ago US-Elections in 1884 https://archive.org/details/sim_spectator-uk_1884-09-27_57_2935/page/1255
American Spectator, so probably H.L. Mencken wrote that. He also wrote this: “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”
American Spectator, so probably H.L. Mencken wrote that.
He also wrote this: “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”
Damn, that quote is even better than Jefferson's. A more civilized FAFO.