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• bigstrat2003 1y ago
  The course you suggest would itself damage the social fabric of democracy. Not really a good idea, though it might be cathartic.
  • LocalH 1y ago
    It's like the tolerance of intolerance.
    • johnisgood 1y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
  • johnisgood 1y ago
    I wanted to reply to him "that would definitely make me a criminal".
• lo_zamoyski 1y ago
  It's not a specifically "democratic" thing. It's a moral question, and good monarchies that are grounded in a strong moral tradition and a respect for subsidiarity can be much better at resisting the ebb and flow of mass sentiment manipulated by the media. The war on terror showed us how easily fear can be deployed to get the masses to hurt themselves, and revolutions show how envy and grievance can be deployed in a similar fashion.
• dang 1y ago
  Please don't do tropes like this here. You can make your substantive points without that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html