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0 pointsghufran_syed3y ago0 comments

“ Practically every country has a constitution stating that its power derives from the people, and a number of countries do make good on that promise.”

Interesting claim - how would you square that with, say, the fact that majorities of “the people” in the UK support the death penalty for child murderers, and yet both main political parties have conspired to ban the death penalty? Does “power deriving” from the people differ somehow from actually implementing policies that they want?

https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/0...

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Tainnor3y ago

That's a pretty ridiculous take on what "power derived from the people" means. Neither the UK nor the US are direct democracies. In fact, unlike the Ancient world, there are almost no direct democracies today (even federal Swiss democracy has representative elements).

You can find in any representative democracy positions which, at some time, are majority positions yet not implemented in law. In the US, you have a recent example with the legality of abortions.

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0 pointsghufran_syed3y ago0 comments

“ Practically every country has a constitution stating that its power derives from the people, and a number of countries do make good on that promise.”

https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/0...

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Tainnor3y ago

You can find in any representative democracy positions which, at some time, are majority positions yet not implemented in law. In the US, you have a recent example with the legality of abortions.

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