Editorial board of Index and more than 70 staff members resign

Re:Editorial board of Index and more than 70 staff members r... by dexen on Friday July 24, 2020 @10:24AM (#23939879)

>a true democracy only exists when a huge number of very complicated systems and institutions are working properly

Falsehood. True democracy only exists when the voters' will is unimpeded by very complicated systems or institutions.

What you are describing is known as "managed democracy"[1] - i.e., political system that's notionally purely democratic, but where will of the voters is surreptitiously influenced, and their voice channeled through and shaped by gatekeepers, and their consent is manufactured by unelected institutions. North Korea and USSR are examples of such.

The free, effective, and prosperous countries like USA are democratic republics rather than true democracies - for a reason.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided_democracy

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Re:Editorial board of Index and more than 70 staff members r... by mthoms on Friday July 24, 2020 @10:37AM (#23940029)

>>a true democracy only exists when a huge number of very complicated systems and institutions are working properly

>Falsehood. True democracy only exists when the voters' will is unimpeded by very complicated systems or institutions.

Those things are not mutually exclusive. The phrase "working properly" in this context clearly implies that the "voters' will" is being honored.

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