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Re:Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cl... by SpicyLemonZest on Monday January 18, 2021 @08:41PM (#25828987)
Your description of democracy is on the nose, but that's exactly why I think it's reasonable to be concerned. One of the critical values that makes democracy work is the peaceful transition of power, and if there'd been just a bit more violence, it would be impossible to maintain even a polite fiction that this transition was peaceful.
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Re:Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cl... by smichel17 on Monday January 18, 2021 @09:13PM (#25829191)
We've still survived worse. The civil war comes to mind (although in some ways, current tensions are an extension of that conflict).
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Re:Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cl... by SpicyLemonZest on Monday January 18, 2021 @09:36PM (#25829343)
"Survived" is just a very low bar. I'm not scared of the US becoming Mad Max - I'm scared of something like the Troubles, where democratic institutions still exist but struggle to maintain the peace against large, powerful groups who don't consider them legitimate.
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