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Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests by SonicScrub on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @10:00AM (#27688615)
Which is a form of democracy. This is a nonsense take that somehow appears on any thread related to the US's status as a democracy.

I guess Canada isn't a democracy either, it's a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Oh and I guess Germany isn't either, it's federal parliamentary republic.

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Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests by ekianjo on Thursday July 01, 2021 @12:47PM (#27701167)
> Which is a form of democracy

That does not mean anything. A republic has more stability because of (typically) a constitution which guarantees principles, whereas a democracy can turn into "whatever the current majority decides". A democracy can easily turn into a dictatorship or at least an authoritarian regime just through voting. A republic, much less likely without a bloody revolution.

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