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by tracker1 122 days ago
I'm of a similar mindset... pure/liquid democracy is literally rule by mob. It can only amplify choices made by feeling over substance.

As an ideal, I've always favored a libertarian mindset... my freedom should extend so far as it doesn't impede on another's rights. Which is a really broad interpretation... I think the further we allow govt to get away from that, the worse things get over time. Freedom is important.
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keybored 122 days ago
> I'm of a similar mindset... pure/liquid democracy is literally rule by mob.

Rule by people is literally rule by derogatory term for people? The “literally” seems to suggest that this is supposed to communicate more than a personal feeling towards a subject. And yet.

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tracker1 121 days ago
If the majority of people think it's okay to kill off a specific subset of society, does that actually make it okay/good?

Worked up mobs make horrible decisions.

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keybored 118 days ago
If some moneyed elites as well as associates that are high up in culture, science and similar decide to make a network based on enslavement, child molestation, human trafficking, rape, and torture, does that make it okay/good? Oh wait, that already actually happened.
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tracker1 116 days ago
Are you claiming that was a good thing? Your argument doesn't make any sense in the context given.

My entire point is some things are absolutely wrong, even if a majority of people would support it. Your point above does nothing to counter that argument.

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keybored 112 days ago
The contrast is a between thing that really happened with a (so far) hypothetical.
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