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Zakaria argues that democracies like the United States government are now too controlled by special interest groups and daily polls. He advocated delegating the role of governing to officials that we elect and then essentially leave alone on a daily basis, trusting them to do their jobs properly. (We don’t trust ourselves to set up our own computers, do our own taxes or work on our cars. Why should creating laws be any different?) His suggestion for a system which is not at the mercy of daily at
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