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By that reasoning any advance is an aberration and thus hopeless, but we've had liberal democracy for a long time. Again, certainly not perfect.
by mmooss 3mo ago
By that reasoning any advance is an aberration and thus hopeless, but we've had liberal democracy for a long time. Again, certainly not perfect.
- vkou 3mo agoAdvance or regression is not the way you probably want to look at it. There isn't a lot of evidence for historical inevitability. And no, we have not been a liberal democracy for 'a long time'. We have been an illiberal democracy with very limited suffrage and distribution of rights for a very long time.
- mmooss 3mo ago> There isn't a lot of evidence for historical inevitability. You're the one arguing for that; I'm saying it's up to us whether we advance or go backward. Generations before us have moved us forward, so it's definitely very possible. The definitions are just a distraction.