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Re:In defense of flat earthers (2020) by goatlover on Monday January 17, 2022 @10:23PM (#29974656)
Depending on the exact democracy: better voting methods, more relevant political parties, more independent judiciary, reduced monetary influence, more transparency. That would be admitting that modern liberal, representative democracies have flaws and need some reform.
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Re:In defense of flat earthers (2020) by alexvoda on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:42PM (#29983737)
That is still democracy!

Complaining about individual pain points is helpful. No past present or future democracy is perfect. There is plenty that can be improved.

Complaining about democracy means you want to bring about totalitarism or theocracy or something else.

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Re:In defense of flat earthers (2020) by mistermann on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @02:41PM (#30090620)
> Complaining about democracy means you want to bring about totalitarism or theocracy or something else.

Are the members of "something else" similarly distasteful to "totalitarism or theocracy"?

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Re:In defense of flat earthers (2020) by DonHopkins on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @12:12AM (#29975387)
I'm sincerely curious: What do you think of Popehat's Law of Goats? ;)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29975362

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