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  • Re: The Joy Of Democracy

    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to The Natural Philosopher on Sat Dec 7 22:36:26 2024
    On Sat, 7 Dec 2024 18:37:26 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    We don't know the right answers, we have to experiment. And some
    experiments end in failure. Communism ended in failure.

    Communism + Democracy might add up to something different.

    Case in point: after all the woes it has been suffering the past several
    years, Sri Lanka recently voted in a Marxist-Leninist President. He took a chance and called a snap Parliamentary election, and his party now has the majority of seats.

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to The Natural Philosopher on Sat Dec 7 22:37:28 2024
    On Sat, 7 Dec 2024 20:16:25 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    Democracy isn't failing so much as elected representatives dislike the insecurity and work to subvert it.

    This is why you have “checks and balances”, one of which is a free press.

    Last I checked, the USA was about a third of the way down the list of comparative press freedoms.

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