• Cleverdawny@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Humanity is flawed, so any of our constructions will be. But democracy is better than any alternative.

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      1 year ago

      I’m not 100% sure about that, but I was more interested in the intrinsic correlation between democracy and Liberalism.

      I just can’t imagine a democracy that isn’t liberal, because all the basic elements of a democracy crumble soon after. Unless, well, you consider ancient Athens’ Democracy to be an actual democracy.

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        I mean I guess you could have a socialist or feudal democracy, but the problem begins with those when you think about what happens with political dissidents