Democracy does not mean that a bare majority—or in 2025 America’s case, a plurality—can break any law they feel like and no one else has any rights.
There are dozens of democracies in the world, and none operate that way. It wouldn’t make sense, and no one actually thinks of democracy like that.
Nicholas Grossman /
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2025-02-20 00:56:39
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