I can rail about how we’re a republic, not a damned democracy. I can offer intelligent and well-informed commentary on the virtues of more limited voting rights but nothing assists comprehension like an object lesson:
Marion Barry won a Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council by a wide margin.
Only one fellow got it right:
. . . for those who “want to continue to treat D.C. as a colony, Marion Barry is a convenient excuse. ‘See? … They don’t deserve democracy.’ “
Damned skippy.