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by edgyquant 1842 days ago
To be fair the Netherlands is a unique republic dating back so far that even Louis XIV complained that any opinion held is represented in The Hague.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/439669?seq=1

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I think that's the whole point of democracy though. That our chosen representatives actually represent us. Rather than their corporate donors.