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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: democracy simply-doesn’t-work.
— Kent · The Simpsons
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker repeats a pet complaint with weary certainty: government by popular vote, in his view, is simply unworkable. Stressing each word of the final phrase, he presents his opinion as a settled conclusion rather than something open to debate, and dismisses the whole system.
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