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Re:Why it’s so hard to keep up with how the U.S. gov't is sp... by vezzy-fnord on Monday November 23, 2015 @12:26PM (#10615773)
These are not at all requirements for a democracy. There is such a thing as an illiberal democracy, or "inverted totalitarianism" as it's also known: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illiberal_democracy
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Re:Why it’s so hard to keep up with how the U.S. gov't is sp... by swombat on Monday November 23, 2015 @01:16PM (#10616135)
My whole point is that what you describe and link to is not a democracy. There is a strange movement trying to define "democracy" as just "voting". That's not what it is. It is dangerous to let other people define our most precious words out of existence. Words shape our thoughts, after all.
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