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Russia is proof that democracies do. Your own argument disproves your response. Democracies jail opposition, democracies commit genocide, democracies censor ne
by qiskit 5y ago
Russia is proof that democracies do. Your own argument disproves your response.
Democracies jail opposition, democracies commit genocide, democracies censor newspapers, democracies enslave people, democracies invade and overthrow other democracies, democracies attack and harass journalists, etc.
Not sure where you got the notion that democracies are perfect.
- jacquesm 5y agoDemocracy has a lower bound. That lower bound is not sham elections. Otherwise we might as well welcome North Korea amongst the democracies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_North_Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_North_Korea
- nybble41 5y agoRight, democracy is not nearly enough. It's more important to have a culture which values civil liberty—this is where Russia fails.