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Oh for Christ's sake, pedantry is even more annoying _when it's not even correct_. Just Google the definition of "democracy" before the next time you think it'
by wutbrodo 9y ago
Oh for Christ's sake, pedantry is even more annoying _when it's not even correct_. Just Google the definition of "democracy" before the next time you think it's a good idea to interject this trite, useless comment. Here, I'll get you started:
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noun
- a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
- a state governed by a democracy.
- control of an organization or group by the majority of its members.
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The term you're thinking of is "direct democracy".
- backtoyoujim 9y agohow is it that you trust Google to define democracy for us ?
- wutbrodo 9y agoA word doesn't have an inherent meaning that extends beyond how it's used. Dictionaries don't dictate definitions, they describe them; at best, they provide a Schelling point. Google's definition in this case isn't out of sync with common usage or with any other dictionary that I'm aware of. Think for a second about point you're trying to make exactly, because it sounds to me like a vague soup of paranoid anti-corporate gibberish.
- libertyEQ 9y agoThe extremely liberal for their time founding fathers of the US were greatly concerned about the tyranny of the majority, which is why people get pedantic when talking about the US as a democracy. As has been pointed out elsewhere in this discussion, many states do function as democracies where we can vote directly on amendments to the state constitution (which is how all laws allowing for possession of cannabis have been passed).