Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests

Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by snagglegaggle on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @11:14AM (#21126228)

I'll see if I can find it. The formulation was, I think, like you described; the rural states were defending from a majority rule from more populous coastal states.

The US is not a democracy and you have just outlined why. Small autonomous regions were created to limit external influence and allow people to live their lives in peace. A lot of stuff now happens on the national level that was never meant to happen on the national level.

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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by vatueil on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:01PM (#21126924)

> The US is not a democracy

The United States is a democracy. Democracy does not mean only direct democracy. Representative democracy, democratic republics, and federalism are forms of government compatible with democracy.

https://reason.com/2018/01/17/the-united-states-is-both-a-re...

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/us/usa-democracy.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_republic

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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by robocat on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:06PM (#21129969)

I just figured that hundreds of years ago, everyone just agreed that democracy was a good thing, so let's define what we do as democracy. After some time the word's meaning matches what we do.

The first link implies that somewhat, but I would guess we need a historian to map the meaning over time.

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