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by exe34 637 days ago
the people usually want democracy, but the leaders prefer autocracy.
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yawboakye 637 days ago
> the people

all peoples are not the same. this is an error of abstraction. if you were to enumerate attributes of a society fit for democracy, what would you require of its people? do all peoples already possess these?

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exe34 637 days ago
wanting and deserving aren't the same thing.
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