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Re:You can fool some of the people, all of the time by leppr on Thursday November 07, 2019 @01:10PM (#21475655)
Are you positive western democratic republics don't murder and/or start wars for profit ? Last I heard the USA's army and secret services were pretty active.

What's different about their armies and ours ? I mean when was the last time citizens of a democratic republic gave their input on what assassination to carry out or war to wage ?

There is definitely a point about overt, extreme abuse against their own citizens being mostly prevented by representative democracy. But nothing about general consent or agency.

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Re:You can fool some of the people, all of the time by aglavine on Thursday November 07, 2019 @02:23PM (#21476401)
A lot of differences:

- No eternal leaders. - Freedom of expression - Separation of powers that limit each other

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Re:You can fool some of the people, all of the time by HBKXNCUO on Thursday November 07, 2019 @09:30PM (#21479520)
>No eternal leaders.

Oh? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchy_referendums

>Freedom of expression

Oh? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Haverbeck

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Re:You can fool some of the people, all of the time by leppr on Thursday November 07, 2019 @09:19PM (#21479485)
Apart from "No eternal leaders", I don't think these are specifically attributable to representative democracy.
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