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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by jki275 on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @12:34PM (#19097422)
The US isn't a "flawed democracy", it's intentionally not a democracy.
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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by anth_anm on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @01:06PM (#19097801)
The US is a democracy. It's not a direct democracy. it's flawed because the system is outdated and broken.

It was a system designed to consolidate power among white landowners and to be extremely difficult to change. It's not a surprise it's got issues.

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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by jki275 on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @05:05PM (#19100568)
The US is a Representative Republic, which differs from a democracy in several significant ways.

It was designed to be difficult to change because democracies always fail when the majority decides the rule of law is no longer important.

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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by anth_anm on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @07:56PM (#19101926)
A democracy and a republican are not mutually exclusive. The US is a democracy.
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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by jki275 on Thursday February 07, 2019 @06:49AM (#19104614)
A representative republic is the system we have in the US, which is by definition not a democracy. They're two very different concepts, and they are mutually exclusive.

This is basic civics. It's taught, or I hope it's still taught, in grade school. It's not controversial, it's not surprising, it's fact.

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