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Yeah, I don't see why democracy is never subjected to any scrutiny. It's just assumed to be mandatory.

Democracy is seen as this liberating, empowering thing. Bitch, letting 50.01% of the population tell me what to do at gunpoint sure doesn't feel all that liberating from my end.

[–]RedEyedWarrior 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Democracy can only work if the majority of people are well educated, the education system teachers skills instead of ideology, the media tells the truth or at least presents more than two sides of every argument, and the government is transparent. But even then, this is not eternal. The media, the government and the education system can always get subverted. Should one of these institutions get subverted, the other two well. Suddenly, democracy stops working, because most people are stupid now.