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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by int_19h on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:32PM (#21391658)
You could give up on a particular implementation of democracy, without giving up on the whole thing.

Council democracy does not require politicians to try to appeal in absentia to hundreds of thousands of voters they ostensibly "represent", for example.

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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by andrewflnr on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @07:49PM (#21393322)
> You could give up on a particular implementation of democracy, without giving up on the whole thing.

Yes, that's pretty much my point.

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