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> I'm of a similar mindset... pure/liquid democracy is literally rule by mob. Rule by people is literally rule by derogatory term for people? The “literally” s
by keybored 9mo ago
> I'm of a similar mindset... pure/liquid democracy is literally rule by mob.
Rule by people is literally rule by derogatory term for people? The “literally” seems to suggest that this is supposed to communicate more than a personal feeling towards a subject. And yet.
- tracker1 9mo agoIf the majority of people think it's okay to kill off a specific subset of society, does that actually make it okay/good? Worked up mobs make horrible decisions.
- keybored 8mo agoIf some moneyed elites as well as associates that are high up in culture, science and similar decide to make a network based on enslavement, child molestation, human trafficking, rape, and torture, does that make it okay/good? Oh wait, that already actually happened.
- tracker1 8mo agoAre you claiming that was a good thing? Your argument doesn't make any sense in the context given. My entire point is some things are absolutely wrong, even if a majority of people would support it. Your point above does nothing to counter that argument.
- keybored 8mo agoThe contrast is a between thing that really happened with a (so far) hypothetical.