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> I do not know if it's because america never lived under dictatorship like many other european countries, We quite literally put American citizens in camps be
by aaomidi 2y ago
> I do not know if it's because america never lived under dictatorship like many other european countries,
We quite literally put American citizens in camps because of their race and nationality.
- apothegm 2y agoWhich was awful. And was not a dictatorship.
- abeppu 2y agoCritically, though Japanese American internment was achieved by executive order, it was really popular. "Democracy" on its own does not protect minorities from the tyranny of the majority. We need to preserve "liberal democracy" which protects some individual rights and freedoms even against the preferences of a voting majority.
- aaomidi 2y agoIt doesn’t really matter what you call it.
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