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> Democracy is "everyone gets a vote" It is that we are governed by those chosen by us to represent us. In a perfect democracy the government is (the majority
by aryehof 2mo ago
> Democracy is "everyone gets a vote"
It is that we are governed by those chosen by us to represent us. In a perfect democracy the government is (the majority of) us. Hence the saying … “in a democracy the people get the government they deserve”.
- card_zero 2mo agoGovernment is whatever fills a power vacuum, most likely gangsters and warlords. The function of democracy is to disrupt and confound government.
- RussianBot9580 2mo agoTo see the limits of this argument: surely your YouTube/Instagram/TikTok feed is all stuff that's good for you? Mine isn't either. Why is that? Didn't we choose the contents ourselves?