[HN Gopher] A Democratic Scandal Is Unfolding in Denmark
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       A Democratic Scandal Is Unfolding in Denmark
        
       Author : dgellow
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2022-01-27 22:12 UTC (49 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (politiken.dk)
 (TXT) w3m dump (politiken.dk)
        
       | neonate wrote:
       | http://web.archive.org/web/20220127221912/https://politiken....
        
       | nickff wrote:
       | The first line reveals the most important question in the
       | article:
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       | > _" The Danish state is moving in an authoritarian direction by
       | charging whistleblowers under sections of the law that should
       | only be invoked against traitors."_
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       | This is (somewhat) answered later in the article, but I see the
       | answer as unsatisfactory. The real question is that of political
       | authority: does the government have a right to coerce, and does
       | the populace have a duty to obey. It is my view that Michael
       | Huemer answered these questions best:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Problem_of_Political_Autho...
        
         | wutangson1 wrote:
         | so, there is something rotten in Denmark
        
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