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I never got why people confused democracy with open elections. Open elections are the literal opposite of democracy since it allows people with no understanding

• closed 7y ago
  > the literal opposite of democracy since it allows people with no understanding to vote. I would need to know the definition of democracy you're using to fully appreciate the meaning of this comment.
• didibus 7y ago
  Its etymology is: "the people's rule". Its definition is: "a system of government by the whole population". I think it's pretty fundamental for democracy that as a member of society you have equal power to govern yourself as everyone else does. What you describe is an Oligarchy. Specifically it seems close to a Geniocracy, Meritocracy, Noocracy or Technocracy. Those are all forms of Oligarchy, where only the "smart", "deserving", "wise", and "experts" get to rule.
• artsyca 7y ago
  I feel you on this Angeo34 -- even the ancient Greeks guarded citizenship and the right to vote very closely, I'd venture closed democracy is the only democracy And I totally understand the irony of what you're saying -- the downvotes only serve to show you have a point Kudos to the CBC for still publishing these sorts of power-to-the-people style pieces