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Re:Iceland, a land of Vikings, braces for a Pirate Party tak... by tdb7893 on Monday October 24, 2016 @06:04PM (#12783313)
You can still pick which parties to support or even create a new party and that choice seems to me to be the foundation of representative democracy.
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Re:Iceland, a land of Vikings, braces for a Pirate Party tak... by tremon on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @04:59AM (#12786343)
The "foundation of representative democracy" is to have a representative in the decision making process (-cracy) for every part of the populace (demos). Political parties are not essential to that premise. Representatives that can have their voice heard are.
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Re:Iceland, a land of Vikings, braces for a Pirate Party tak... by tdb7893 on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @11:33AM (#12788802)
Sorry for being unclear, but it's having a choice that is essential, not parties themselves. It is a representative democracy, you just choose a party instead of a person but it's the exact same concept.
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