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William Schaeffer
Friday, May 19, 2017
Democratic roots
Our "democratic" political system was copied from the organizing body of the Iroquois Confederacy, with one significant exception. The officials of the Iroquois Confederacy would debate and discuss an idea until there was a consensus of total agreement among the members. In contrast, the founding fathers settled on the idea of just voting to a simple majority.
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