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		leppr on Nov 7, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You can fool some of the people, all of the time Are you positive western democratic republics don't murder and/or start wars for profit ? Last I heard the USA's army and secret services were pretty active. What's different about their armies and ours ? I mean when was the last time citizens of a democratic republic gave their input on what assassination to carry out or war to wage ? There is definitely a point about overt, extreme abuse against their own citizens being mostly prevented by representative democracy. But nothing about general consent or agency.

aglavine on Nov 7, 2019 [–]

A lot of differences:

- No eternal leaders. - Freedom of expression - Separation of powers that limit each other

HBKXNCUO on Nov 8, 2019 | | [–]

>No eternal leaders.

Oh? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchy_referendums

>Freedom of expression

Oh? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Haverbeck

leppr on Nov 8, 2019 | | [–]

Apart from "No eternal leaders", I don't think these are specifically attributable to representative democracy.

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