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Well by Democracy I implicitly meant freedom of speech, independent judiciary, protection of private property and individual civil rights etc. most of those thi
by qwytw 3y ago
Well by Democracy I implicitly meant freedom of speech, independent judiciary, protection of private property and individual civil rights etc. most of those things are not really compatible with state imposed socialism.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoDemocracy doesn't imply or require any of those things. A majority can democratically vote to suspend every single one. You can have a democracy with 51% ruling and 49% in chattel slavery and poverty (but having a right to vote I would agree that socialism isn't compatible with private property and civil rights as we commonly understand them today (in the US).