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And don’t assume the democracy will stay here. It is in constant threats and can be lost if you don’t fight hard always. Just a few years ago in Korea, the very

• joe_the_user 5y ago
  Yes, it's important to remember that in the modern world, states often transition between a variety of forms. The common forms are representative democracy, military dictatorship, populist/strongman dictatorship (which can be formally democratic to whatever extent) and single-party "totalitarian" dictatorship but there are endless variations. All these are based on particular power groups and only partially relying on the consent of the governed - while also organizing the governed to give their consent, with represent democracy naturally relying most on the consent of the consent of the governed.
  • Aerroon 5y ago
    To add further: the ancient Greeks already had democracy. And yet most of history since then is not filled with democratic systems of governance.
• redis_mlc 5y ago
  > I’m observing similar things happening in the US now I presume you mean the resistance to election audits - I know, it's disgusting.