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> something that is not fascism So let the will of the people stand and then it will just be a democracy with a leader you don't like. Overturning the election
by pclmulqdq 2y ago
> something that is not fascism
So let the will of the people stand and then it will just be a democracy with a leader you don't like. Overturning the election is the fascist thing to do.
- int_19h 2y agoWhat if the "will of the people" is for the country to turn fascist? Does fascism stops being fascism when it has popular approval?
- pclmulqdq 2y agoIt doesn't, but if you're in a democracy and the majority well and truly does not want it to be a democracy, I don't think you can stop the transition. Attempting to "save" democracy by imposing a minority will on the majority merely guarantees the end of democracy.
- int_19h 2y agoIt's rarely as blunt as this, though. Usually people who support such politics will insist that it is democratic, and they do have a point: what they really want is a democracy in which the majority (which includes themselves) gets to do whatever it wants to others. I agree that you can't really legislate this kind of sentiment away, but I don't think attempts to do so are entirely useless, either - they slow down the process, which, at the very least, buys more time for potential targets to realize what is happening and get out of harm's way through emigration etc.