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Monday, June 1, 2015

Bruin Said It

Back in 2000, Slate provided an "explainer" about a widely-circulated quote:*

Perhaps your e-mail box has already received this spam alleging that Stalin once said, "It's not the people who vote that count. It's the people who count the votes"? ...But did Joe really say it? Almost certainly, no. Let's just say Joseph Stalin is not known to have waxed forth on the nature of voting and was singularly unconcerned with elections...

However, the Daily Bruin has an editorial about the current Faculty Center election of officers in which the authors express a similar sentiment. You can read it at:
http://dailybruin.com/2015/06/01/editorial-ucla-faculty-center-election-fails-to-follow-democratic-process/
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*http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2000/12/did_stalin_really_say_that_thing_about_votes.html

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