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You mean government and society are an engineering exercise. You can't strip people of power and then say it's a democracy, at least not if words mean things.
by maxerickson 2mo ago
You mean government and society are an engineering exercise. You can't strip people of power and then say it's a democracy, at least not if words mean things.
- rayiner 2mo agoWords do “mean” things. But the word “democracy” refers to a broader category of government systems, of which democracy with universal adult franchise constitutes a subset of the broader concept. The ancient Greeks practiced democracy, but universal adult franchise was a much later development.