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Democracy is a group of people co-operating in a system through equal representation. This does not require a state apparatus or government.
>It might be argued that democracy is a necessary condition for liberty, but it is certainly not a sufficient one.
Solely sufficient? Absolutely not, that's what I'm saying, but yes it is a necessary condition. It's is the sustinence on which liberty grows.
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Democracy is a group of people co-operating in a system through equal representation. This does not require a state apparatus or government.
>It might be argued that democracy is a necessary condition for liberty, but it is certainly not a sufficient one.
Solely sufficient? Absolutely not, that's what I'm saying, but yes it is a necessary condition. It's is the sustinence on which liberty grows.