Telegram deletes message against Brazil’s Bill after Supreme Court threat

Re:Telegram deletes message against Brazil’s Bill after Supr... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:47AM (#35899085)

> Current government was democratically elected, so Brazil still has democracy

Democracy means more than elections. Majoritarianism is a known failure mode of elected governments, going all the way back to Athens.

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Re:Telegram deletes message against Brazil’s Bill after Supr... by abvaw on Thursday May 11, 2023 @05:57AM (#35899994)

Majoritarianism is still preferable to the minoritarianism that some countries have to suffer.

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Re:Telegram deletes message against Brazil’s Bill after Supr... by gmerc on Thursday May 11, 2023 @07:47AM (#35900809)

less mass murder is still preferable to more mass murder.

I think you get the point

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Re:Telegram deletes message against Brazil’s Bill after Supr... by sofixa on Thursday May 11, 2023 @07:40AM (#35900754)

As the saying goes, it's the worst, except for all the others that have been tried.

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Re:Telegram deletes message against Brazil’s Bill after Supr... by slaw on Thursday May 11, 2023 @08:29AM (#35901141)

Democracy means more than elections but liberty is not included. Brazil and UK are good examples of it.

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