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That description fits any authority, not just democratic. The state is an apparatus of coercion. Always was, always will be.
by imcritic 1y ago
That description fits any authority, not just democratic. The state is an apparatus of coercion. Always was, always will be.
- rvnx 1y agoSadly yes. Even original Greek democracy was completely broken (women couldn't vote for example, like in many countries even recently). There is a saying: if voting would change things, it is long time that it would have been forbidden