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0 pointsgrowse1y ago0 comments

If this issue got put to a straight referendum, and won >80% of the vote, would it then be democratic?

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See my earlier comment.

This is simple stuff.

Are you guys being disingenuous?

The problem is they see democracy as only the power of the people and not the power of the people in humanitarian context. So if 80% want to kill 20% that’s ok with them but wouldn’t be ok with people with a humanitarian democracy view.

t0bia_s1y ago

Would you apply same approach to abortion laws? Because technically it is legal killing people.

KajMagnus1y ago

Tyrannical democracy vs humanitarian democracy? (Tyranny of the masses)

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