Post AkpD7ZJjInWOmI1HF2 by Qybat@batchats.net
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 (DIR) Post #Akp4kC7yYTqgYxrhnk by Hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net
       2024-08-10T11:42:51.086279Z
       
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       @HeavenlyPossum >all members of the public having an equal say in the social decisions that affect themThis sounds like an impossible ideal, in the absoulte.
       
 (DIR) Post #AkpD7ZJjInWOmI1HF2 by Qybat@batchats.net
       2024-08-10T12:29:09Z
       
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       @HeavenlyPossum Democracy is a very vague term. It can mean whatever people want it to mean. Including nominal democracies structured in such a way that the currently dominant party has an overwhelming advantage, or a democracy where the votes are counted in such a way as to ensure only two or three parties have any serious shot at winning. Democracies can act as a form of legitimisation when the voters have to choose from a very short list of candidates.