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Re:The pandemic has eroded democracy and respect for human r... by jlokier on Sunday October 18, 2020 @08:20AM (#24817291)
Assuming yes, are protests against democracy democratic?

See also Paradox of Tolerance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

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Re:The pandemic has eroded democracy and respect for human r... by eznzt on Sunday October 18, 2020 @08:51AM (#24817484)
Yes, they are. If people don't want democracy then they should not have it.
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Re:The pandemic has eroded democracy and respect for human r... by romanoderoma on Sunday October 18, 2020 @09:17AM (#24817669)
That's not democracy, that's dictatorship of the majority

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/dictatorship_of_the_majorit...

https://edsitement.neh.gov/curricula/alexis-de-tocqueville-t...

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Re:The pandemic has eroded democracy and respect for human r... by eznzt on Sunday October 18, 2020 @09:32AM (#24817762)
That's what democracy is. The current "tyranny of the minority" that we live in is an anomaly (and quite undemocratic)
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Re:The pandemic has eroded democracy and respect for human r... by romanoderoma on Sunday October 18, 2020 @09:36AM (#24817783)
I'm sure you can write a book and disprove what Tocqueville wrote about what constitutes a democracy and what does not.

Personally I'm still on the Tocqueville's side.

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