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by hilbertseries 2076 days ago
Very different to be anti democratic when Plato and Socrates were alive than in the 20th century.
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Taikonerd 2076 days ago
Yeah -- "democracy" back then meant direct democracy in the agora, right? No modern state does that.
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hh3k0 2075 days ago
Switzerland comes to mind. Switzerland is not a direct democracy in its entirety but has many direct democracy elements, to such a degree that it is not a representative democracy either.
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