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by maldonad0 310 days ago
The author is conflating democracy with liberalism.
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nosignono 310 days ago
Many such cases. The Democrats, (in)famously, conflate the two. Ask Democrats about direct democracy and you'll get a whooolllle lot of hemming and hawing.
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tornadofart 310 days ago
Author here. Enlighten me.
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maldonad0 310 days ago
Democracy is a form of power organization. Liberalism is system of ethics.
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tornadofart 310 days ago
So far that was also my notion. Where did I conflate them?
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