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Re:How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and st... by hilbert42 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @10:08PM (#28399684)
Why not? A proper explanation please. Many of us aren't suicidal yet but we're getting that way because of the inane and inconsiderate comments of others.

BTW, there's historical precedence, check what happened during the Spanish flu pandemic.

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Re:How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and st... by quantumBerry on Friday September 03, 2021 @03:45AM (#28401472)
There's also "historical precedence" for governments to systematically exterminate vulnerable or minority parts of their population. This doesn't mean that it is a necessary component of a functioning government.

Sanitation expectations and standards fluctuate wildly amongst different cultures and populations; that doesn't mean your ethnocentric view on sanitation makes your civilization better than other ones.

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