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Re:France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phon... by brobdingnagians on Thursday July 06, 2023 @10:30AM (#36616408)
This might be quibbling but true democratic process could be interpreted as direct democracy where the law is directly voted for and people give a specific assent to the law (which ancient Athens did do). This is more of a democratic republic where officials elected through democratic process then make decisions, which usually works more smoothly than a pure democracy, but it does mean that the population at large does not necessarily support this specific law (though they might).
Re:France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phon... by pantulis on Thursday July 06, 2023 @10:38AM (#36616594)
> but it does mean that the population at large does not necessarily support this specific law

If the population does not support the law, the government could be potentially replaced.

But the most probable conclusion is that the population at large would not care.