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Things like a strong and independent media, legal system, parliament and police force are crucial to democracy. It can be justifiable to argue that someone is a
by n4r9 3y ago
Things like a strong and independent media, legal system, parliament and police force are crucial to democracy. It can be justifiable to argue that someone is anti-democratic if they advocate a narrative that erodes trust in any of these.
- wonderwonder 3y agoThat's an interesting idea. Covers both political parties, with the left undermining trust in the police, and Supreme Court. The right in the FBI and journalism.
- n4r9 3y agoIt's context-dependent, but that's the basic idea. In the UK for example, we currently have quite a right-wing government in power, which is: * Undermining our Supreme Court by trying to force through a migrant deportation scheme which the court has ruled unlawful * Eroding the Police Force's independence by claiming they are biased in their approach to protests * Trying to defund and delegitimise the BBC It might be because I'm fairly left wing myself, but I think you have go pretty far into authoritarian-left territory (think Stalinism) before you start becoming seriously anti-democratic. Before that point most leftists are pretty keen on giving power and choice to ordinary people and communities.