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minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoDirect democracy needs to have some sort of concept of human rights enshrined in its system somehow, and make it very hard to violate, otherwise, it could get ugly. Mob rule isn’t always good. It could easily lead to torches and pitchfork “justice”.
minus-squarefxomt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoYeah, that’s probably true. Parliamentary democracy seems like a good tradeoff.
Direct democracy needs to have some sort of concept of human rights enshrined in its system somehow, and make it very hard to violate, otherwise, it could get ugly. Mob rule isn’t always good. It could easily lead to torches and pitchfork “justice”.
Yeah, that’s probably true. Parliamentary democracy seems like a good tradeoff.