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Will any downvoters comment? I think democracy is the best option we have, but ignoring its weaknesses and checkered history isn't constructive. The current de
by deadpannini 4y ago
Will any downvoters comment? I think democracy is the best option we have, but ignoring its weaknesses and checkered history isn't constructive.
The current democracy-worship afoot in the US ignores the fact that almost every progressive aspect of the US state sprang from a counter-majoritarian institution: Roe and Brown, plus the administrative implementation of civil rights law.