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'All democracies turn into dictatorships—but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator.' - George Lucas on the Clone Wars (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] belastend@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You compare a flawed democracy to a non-democracy. Imagine moving the poorer half of America to one state, giving that state a single elector and letting them only vote if the vote so far has been perfectly split.

The US is on paper a flawed democracy and in reality an even more flawed democracy. The roman democracy did not even exist on paper.

Maybe its not that deep, i just don't like when people call Rome a democracy, when it did really come close to one. Or compare them to modern systems of government.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 0 points 1 hour ago

You're just being pedantic because the point being made flew completely over your head.