Convoy Crackdown – power to freeze bank accounts without trial or legal recourse

Re:Convoy Crackdown – power to freeze bank accounts without ... by rootusrootus on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @07:37PM (#30435989)

I disagree. Populism is too general a term, but to the extent they exist in the US they are decidedly opposed to democracy.

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Re:Convoy Crackdown – power to freeze bank accounts without ... by blaser-waffle on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @08:22PM (#30436362)

What's that HL Mencken quote?

Something to the effect of "Democracy is the idea that the common man knows what he wants, and deserves to get it, good and hard."

If a group of people, in a free and fair election, decide to elect in radical, repressive Islamists, is that not democracy functioning as intended?

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Re:Convoy Crackdown – power to freeze bank accounts without ... by jquery on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @06:24PM (#30448101)

That democracy was dead before it started. A democracy cannot survive without broad agreement in the value of the individual. That is a failure mode of democracy that can be brought about via poor civics education. This is why universal public education is so critical to a functioning democracy.

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