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by Nullabillity 3700 days ago
> Your wishes don't matter at all. You're not a competing nation referred to in my comment.

The point was that nations and citizenship are entirely arbitrary dividers.

> Or that you don't know what a representational democracy is or think they all think like you. Look up KSI where you live to find something even less transparent than our NSA. (shocking really)

If it doesn't live up to the definition of democracy (rule by the people), then it's by definition not a democracy.

NSA, FRA, KSI, whatever, this is about principles, not specific cases. It makes sense to say NSA on forums, since they're a name people recognise, and they're the ones capable of doing the most damage.

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So, your purpose in arguing is strictly ideals and principles with no real-world context or constraints. And you don't know there are multiple forms of democracy?

Sophistry or trolling is undeniable now. Goodbye.