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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: democracy simply-doesn’t-work.
— The Simpsons · 1989
Behind the line
What it means
Our 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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