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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by vowelless on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @02:50PM (#16757710)
Considering that democracy means people choosing their government, the power would need to be in the hands of the people, not the government, to protect democracy. What will the population do if the government goes rogue and imposes autocracy?

Some might say this is the purpose of the second amendment.

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by almog on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @07:11PM (#16760217)
> Considering that democracy means people choosing their government

Well no, that's just one aspect of democracy that can't even remotely serve as a sufficient condition for democracy.

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