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j_overgrens@feddit.nl 1 week agodemocracy is a mechanism for selecting leadership
No, it’s not. Or well, it’s more than that. Especially ideally. Quod omnes tangit, ab omnibus approbari debet – “what concerns everyone must be approved by everyone”.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Democracies don’t function this way. Majoritarian rule regionally occurs in defiance of some portion of the public citizenry.
Depending on how the Democracy is organized bureaucratically, it may even be the majority of the citizenry.