Re:Iranian law prohibits merge of PR from Israeli?
by philistine on Thursday September 03, 2020 @12:56PM
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I would be careful of using semi-democracy as a word. Democracy is power by the people, and the Iranian theocracy is ultimately not a democracy. There are too many caveats, too many powers under the authority of religious unelected people to call it a democracy. It’s a theocracy through and through.
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Re:Iranian law prohibits merge of PR from Israeli?
by Hamcrest on Thursday September 03, 2020 @01:42PM
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What country doesn't have caveats to its democracy tho? I live in the UK and there are far too many caveats to call it a democracy IMO. At the end of the day it is subjective.
Re:Iranian law prohibits merge of PR from Israeli?
by tgv on Thursday September 03, 2020 @02:32PM
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This is getting absurd: a representative democracy as many European countries have is not a close relation to the GP's "semi democratic" Iran. It's as "subjective" as being hit with a brick.
Re:Iranian law prohibits merge of PR from Israeli?
by sudosysgen on Thursday September 03, 2020 @05:23PM
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The UK is more complicated than that.
In the end, democracy refers to who hold power. In the UK, it's very possible for a minority to have the majority of the power or even worse due to various details, and a lot of power is just not accountable to the people. So depending on where you draw the line it makes sense.