• agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Those are all secondary things added on top of pure democracy. None of those protections are intrinsic to democracy in general.

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      6 days ago

      I wouldn’t support a direct / minimalist democracy without guarantee of civil liberties even if I was part of the majority.

      Too close to mob rule for me.

        • guy@piefed.social
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          5 days ago

          Those are all secondary things added on top of pure democracy.

          Pure democracy is a question of definition. Greek democracy? Pre 1960-ish US democracy? Only men can vote? The adult population has the right to vote but no right to free assembly and speech?