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"You're fooling yourself, we're living in a dictatorship! A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes...."
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this post was submitted on 23 May 2024
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I'm so glad we couldn't ignore this fine protest too
Maybe not any protest then?
I'm just trying to square 'any protest that can't be ignored' with literally every successful protest in the history of democracy. Seems like the biggest difference between your example and mine is that one is demanding equality and one is demanding forced segregation.
Which means, in objective terms, the biggest difference between our examples is whether you (or, if you prefer, anyone who isn't a horrendous cretin) agree with it.
Protests must be addressed carefully - a government that concedes to every large-scale protest has neither democracy nor rule of law - likewise, a government that concedes to no large-scale protests has probably neither democracy nor rule of law.
You know if these single issue voters could read, they're be really mad at you.
You're completely right, and I find the fact that this needs to be explained very funny. Ancaps and ancoms are so wild to me conceptually - they want someone to enforce their will on others but hate the idea of a government. Both get really whiny when they realize that democracy doesn't mean "we get what we want" but instead means "we get what the plurality of people around me want". Sucks when you're a minority opinion, even if it's the "right" opinion.