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Re:Coinbase lays off around 1,100 employees by colinmhayes on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @02:57PM (#31744268)
Whatever the people decide. That's why we have democracy.
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Re:Coinbase lays off around 1,100 employees by tomcam on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @03:50PM (#31745080)
I don’t know who your “we” is, but in the USA it is precisely why we do not have a democracy. We have a republic in the USA. The Senate and electoral college help temper the intoxicating effects that a pure democracy would produce .
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Re:Coinbase lays off around 1,100 employees by colinmhayes on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @03:51PM (#31745104)
> we do not have a democracy

Republics are a type of democracy.

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Re:Coinbase lays off around 1,100 employees by tomcam on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @04:09PM (#31745375)
In a taxonomy of government types, sure. Practically speaking, the difference between a pure democracy and a republic is enormous. The framers of the constitution were explicitly aware of this.
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