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Re:Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Investigation by duxup on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @10:19AM (#21573695)
What if the population was ok with that / didn't care?
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Re:Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Investigation by mhluongo on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @10:30AM (#21573856)
The whole population?

Freedom is freedom for minority rights and opinions to not be quashed by the majority. Thus the term "the tyranny of the majority"

A majority can "not care" about systematic racial injustice and other inequities. The consent of the majority doesn't make the system "free".

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Re:Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Investigation by jgon on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @10:58AM (#21574284)
I guess China is a shining beacon of freedom for it's people too then.
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Re:Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Investigation by JoeSamoa on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @10:31AM (#21573876)
Then I'd ask those same people to hand over their credentials to all their accounts since their data, privacy, and property, seem to matter little to them.
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Re:Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Investigation by AndrewBissell on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @02:23PM (#21577078)
You could post this exact same question about operating concentration camps.
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Re:Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Investigation by naniwaduni on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @10:27AM (#21573827)
They would be wrong.
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Re:Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Investigation by duxup on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @10:36AM (#21573960)
That's the risk of democracy.

The alternatives have proven to involve a great deal less freedom.

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