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Yeah, that's clearly not what was meant with the authors writing. One concrete example would be "should you allow a political party who promises to get rid of d
by capableweb 6y ago
Yeah, that's clearly not what was meant with the authors writing. One concrete example would be "should you allow a political party who promises to get rid of democracy and replace it with a dictatorship if they win?" which if you take democracy to its extreme, you should allow, but if you allow it, democracy might disappear, so you should not be accepting it.
- commandlinefan 6y agoHow would you propose to stop them? If they're popular enough to win in a national election, they're popular enough to win in a violent overthrow, too. Kicking them off of Twitter would be sticking your finger in the dam at that point.
- bryanrasmussen 6y agoin a first past the post election system it isn't sure that someone who wins 51% of the vote would win in a civil war, as other factors than sheer numbers apply there.