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		slaw on Jan 9, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Luigi Mangione's account has been renamed on Stack... What is a proper democracy? The US is both democracy and oligarchy.

tossandthrow on Jan 9, 2025 [–]

I democracy is a system where rules and legislations are congruent with the will of the people.

Im the US you see an inverse correlation.

Yuval Noahs nexus does a good job of nuancing what a democracy is. I can recommend reading that book.

slaw on Jan 9, 2025 | [–]

No, this is not democracy definition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy

tossandthrow on Jan 9, 2025 | | [–]

No, Wikipedia Is not a authority of definitions.

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