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Outlawing something that large portions of the population already do can be a pretty worrying thing. It's the perfect breeding ground for selective enforcement.
by XR0CSWV3h3kZWg 9y ago
Outlawing something that large portions of the population already do can be a pretty worrying thing. It's the perfect breeding ground for selective enforcement.
- module0000 9y ago>> Outlawing something that large portions of the population already do That in and of itself should signal that we aren't quite as "democratic" as we are told. We are allowed to vote on people who vote on things on our behalf - we are never allowed to vote on laws such as this one(otherwise, it would likely fail).
- XR0CSWV3h3kZWg 9y agoYes, we are a representative democracy. I thought that was well understood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy As opposed to the form where voters vote on laws and policies directly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy