>What's the point of democracy if people are absolved by simply claiming "not my president". I don't believe collective punishment or collective guilt was ever

>What's the point of democracy if people are absolved by simply claiming "not my president". I don't believe collective punishment or collective guilt was ever the point of democracy, sorry. What's the point of moral reasoning, if people can blame others for events they didn't cause, simply by saying the word "democracy"?