Re:Salim Ismail – Our democracy is about to collapse
by abpavel on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @09:47AM
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Democracy is when "all the people...involved in making decisions about its affairs, typically by voting". All people vote in Belarus and Russia. Are those democratic countries? 108% of the Crimea population voted to be annexed. Is that democratic? By definition: yes. The people have spoken. But the reality is far removed from the ideology.
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Re:Salim Ismail – Our democracy is about to collapse
by kushti on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @03:11PM
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Source for "108%"? Other than that, yes, the Crimean referendum as well as Brexit are democratic. It is utterly bad to construct double standards around that as unrespectful Western media try to do.