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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

it's weird that we are prepared to die for democracy, yet willingly enter dictatorships daily for work and spend the majority of our waking lives with people we vaguely know

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it's weird that we are prepared to die for democracy, yet willingly enter dictatorships daily for work and spend the majority of our waking lives with people we vaguely know

Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to

Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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You’re describing a representational democracy. What do you think about direct democracy?

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