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Who says that democracy has to be 100%? If you want to get technical, we all live in republics anyway, not direct democracies. I know I am an outlier, but it s
by maaku 12y ago
Who says that democracy has to be 100%? If you want to get technical, we all live in republics anyway, not direct democracies.
I know I am an outlier, but it seems a totally strange and foreign concept to me that one could criticize the UK for being hypocritical in promoting democracy abroad because of the House of Lords.
- toyg 12y ago> If you want to get technical, we all live in republics anyway No "we" don't (dunno about you but I live in a constitutional monarchy, which is a fairly popular form of government in Europe, and it just ain't a republic in any technical sense). > it seems a totally strange and foreign concept to me that one could criticize the UK for being hypocritical in promoting democracy abroad because of the House of Lords. You should visit the Middle-East sometimes, but even just France would be an eye-opener I think.