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Re:On my resignation as regulator of the Dutch intelligence ... by JumpCrisscross on Saturday September 10, 2022 @09:37AM (#32790503)
> interesting that “democracy” has come to mean so much more than just the electoral system that provides the government

It’s always meant that [1]. Elections are essential. But since antiquity it’s been recognised, first through custom then by law, that they had to be balanced against e.g. minority rights and tribal partisanship. Reducing democracy to elections is a modern American/British phenomenon.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy

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Re:On my resignation as regulator of the Dutch intelligence ... by trinsic2 on Saturday September 10, 2022 @11:29AM (#32791503)
Thank you for clarifying this. So many forget that custom (In my view this is the sense of right and wrong) precedes law, and that is why public policies, codes, legal decisions are not law, but have the force of law (which stems from custom). Law stems from the customary belief in innate right and wrong that we all share between individuals.

- P.S. Sorry if my belief took your statement out of context.

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