Democracy always demands we defend it. It's high time we start asking democracy what it has done to defend us.
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Democracy always demands we defend it. It's high time we start asking democracy what it has done to defend us.
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bruce charlton
12/8/2019 21:36:54
...And, of course, 'democracy' is an abstraction - indeed, a fluid and apparently open-ended abstraction; and, as such, 'democracy' cannot be 'asked' anything or be required to make any justification; and therefore 'democracy' lacks moral responsibility for anything, and is therefore evil!
Francis Berger
12/8/2019 21:59:42
@ Bruce - Great comment. What you have stated is essentially the answer the question implied. Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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