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Re:You can fool some of the people, all of the time by lotsofpulp on Thursday November 07, 2019 @07:43AM (#21472660)
> The amount of people who believe that democracy is somehow inherently good for the people is beyond my belief.

If the alternative is swords and bullets, I would think most people prefer democracy. It’s the worst system, except for all the others attempted so far.

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Re:You can fool some of the people, all of the time by repomies691 on Thursday November 07, 2019 @08:49AM (#21473106)
It's not the alternative, democratic countries also rule by force in the end. The governments wouldn't work if they didn't have guns, prisons and nice interrogation methods in their toolset.

With democratic country everyone has some minimal effect on how those tools of violence are used, unlike in dictatorships or monarchies. So I think also it is a better system.

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