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Re:Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against... by nickik on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @09:43AM (#9177643)
Then what you want is a republic or some system of anarchy, not a democracy.
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Re:Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against... by xj9 on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @11:39AM (#9178288)
The US is a republic.
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Re:Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against... by nickik on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @10:10PM (#9182123)
I know that. It was a general point. In a pure democracy, 51% has complet power.

Also while the US is a formal republic, it does often emulate a democracy. Based on common belives the constitution is reinterpreted, or simply ignored. This has been well documented by legal scholars such as Richard Epstein.

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Re:Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against... by dTal on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @07:36PM (#9188203)
>some system of anarchy

I don't think you quite understand the point of anarchy.

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Re:Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against... by nickik on Thursday March 12, 2015 @02:00PM (#9192542)
I dont think you have looked at history. Anarchy simply means no state, not no system of governance. You can still have laws and organisation.

We have historical examples of milions of people living this way.

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