Post by A. FilipPost by ltlee1Post by A. FilipPost by WorkUnder democracy, private property is respected. Do not take private
property without consent or fair compensation.
You assume too much about what MAY constitute a democracy.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Janusz_Korwin-Mikke
Post by WorkDemocracy means that if this man, you, and I will be trapped on an
island, we having a majority of votes will decide that you have to
sleep with us. That's the Democracy. And with 2/3 votes we can even
put that in the constitution.
source: speech during a meeting in the R. Barbosa High School
Democracy always have no meanings rationally speaking: procedurally
and outcome based (Or substantial and transactional).
Do you include Swiss _direct_ democracy?
I would suggests "usually+" instead of "always".
It ALWAYS have two meanings rationally speaking.
Humans are ALWAYS free to choose one of the two meanings whenever expedient.
Direct democracy, to the extent that it could not meet the people's needs and desires,
is not democratic transactionally speaking.
BTW, Swiss is indeed the First nation to have univeral MALE suffrage because of universal
conscription. Basically "One gun, One vote." But it is also one of the last nation to have
unversal suffrage among Western nations because women were not conscripted.
China would be a lot more democratic, procedurally/substantially speaking, if it sees
fighting the US plus other Western nations as inevitable. Needless to say, such an
eventuality is disastrous to the whole world.
Post by A. Filip<advocatus-diaboli> BTW AFAIK USA have not respected _legal_ property
of slave owners and paid no "fair compensation". Is it a mark of
undemocratic country? </advocatus-diaboli>
There are rules, exception and exceptions to exceptions.
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A. Filip
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