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by Daishiman 48 days ago
Democracies are not a guarantee of civil rights and easily turn into authoritarian and repressive regimes.
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Usually only after they stop being democracies. It's rather difficult to repress people who can fire you if they don't like the job you're doing.

But in principle I agree, democracy on its own doesn't guarantee morality. There's such thing as the tyranny of the majority.