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refurb 47 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at ...

You realize that it;'s not exactly democratic to change the rules just because you don't like who was elected democratically? That's the opposite of democracy.

inigyou 47 days ago [–]

Can democracy ever not work, by your definition? Or would any instance of it not working actually be it working?

refurb 47 days ago | [–]

A good definition of it working is keeping the same system, and allowing the people elected by it to rule?

inigyou 47 days ago | | [–]

Oh. So would a dictatorship be working as long as there was a dictator? North Korea is working?

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