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by commandlinefan 1458 days ago
Not sure if you're right or wrong, but either way - far from destroying democracy, that is democracy in action. If the majority wants abortion, we get abortion. If the majority doesn't, we don't.
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But the United States can hardly be called a democracy with gerrymandering, unelected federal judges, unequal representation for populous states in congress, and the electoral college.

The majority does want abortion rights, but those rights aren't coming. That's not democracy in action.

It isn't a democracy. It is a republic. It is rule by the people via a very specific system, one that isn't about simple majority rule.
Also known as not something that actually works
> If the majority wants abortion, we get abortion. If the majority doesn't, we don't.

The majority does want abortion, and yet we just lost it.

> far from destroying democracy, that is democracy in action

Do you still believe this, given that your next sentence is patently false?