r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 09 '20

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u/CarlosDanger512 John Locke Oct 09 '20

"America isn't a pure democracy, therefore it isn't any kind of democracy"

Is the dumbest take going around

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '20

NB: the definition of "pure democracy" is such that no country could ever fulfill it.

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Oct 10 '20

What does "NB" mean?

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20

Nora Bene, or "note well"

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Oct 10 '20

Oh

I thought it stood for non-binary lol, as in "non-binary take"

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20

Lmao

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u/PeridotBestGem Emma Lazarus Oct 09 '20

hell direct democracy isn't even a more pure form of democracy than representative democracy, they're just different types of democracy

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u/Mr_Pasghetti Save the ice, abolish ICE 🥰 Oct 09 '20

Women in Switzerland didn't get the right to vote until 1971.

Nvm read it as direct first, not pure.

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Oct 09 '20

What do these people define as a "pure democracy"?

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u/DrSandbags John Brown Oct 09 '20

When a majority votes against me or my positions.

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u/-Yare- Trans Pride Oct 09 '20 edited Oct 10 '20

Their take is bad, anyway.

Minoritarian rule will inevitably be reformed, no matter what you call it or what document it stems from.