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Re:The Assange case is collapsing but it remains a travesty ... by beebmam on Sunday July 25, 2021 @10:43PM (#27954987)
I'm genuinely curious: what does US democracy have to do with Assange?

Like I'm deeply sympathetic to what has happened to Assange. But I don't see how it has anything to do with democracy, given that he's not a US citizen, and US law rarely applies to non-US citizens outside of US borders.

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Re:The Assange case is collapsing but it remains a travesty ... by belorn on Monday July 26, 2021 @05:07AM (#27957273)
A functional legal system is one of the qualifier for being a democracy. Without a working legal system you can't have a functional society. Without society you can't have a democracy.

When a nations legal system is manufacturing false evidence, the target of that become irrelevant. A legal system can't manufacturing false evidence, against anyone, and still be trusted.

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Re:The Assange case is collapsing but it remains a travesty ... by lmilcin on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:27PM (#27964177)
> A functional legal system is one of the qualifier for being a democracy.

While it is true (that you need a functioning legal system), it is also worth mentioning that a lot of regimes have excellently efficient legal systems and judicial branch that put any democratic system to shame.

The issue is what regulations you put in, how independent the judicial branch is and whether it is corrupt or not.

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