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This is how democracy ends. You can go to jail for committing crimes you didn't know were against the law, but you can't know what the laws are unless you pay n
by mabbo 10y ago
This is how democracy ends. You can go to jail for committing crimes you didn't know were against the law, but you can't know what the laws are unless you pay nearly a month's wages at minimum wage.
- bighi 10y ago> This is how democracy ends If we're talking about actual democracy, we might even say it never started.
- gremlinsinc 10y agoIf America were a democracy, there's a big difference between Republic and Democracy
- throwaway2048 10y agoI see these comments without fail whenever anybody mentions the term democracy. Everybody knows what is meant by the term, your pedantry is neither insightful, nor interesting, its just distracting, pointless noise. Please stop.
- aanm1988 10y agoIt's also incorrect. A democracy and a republic are not mutually exclusive.
- unclenoriega 10y ago> I understand your meaning, and I know everyone else understands your meaning. Still, I need to clutter the discussion with misguided pedantry. This is what I see when I read your comment. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy
- jackhack 10y agoSecret laws, Secret courts, hush orders... Hardly the USA described by the Constitution I read.