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happy wrote

Have there been any states with actual direct democracy? It seems like it doesn't exist and direct democracy is just as much a fantasy as anarchy or communism.

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edmund_the_destroyer wrote

"It's not the people who vote that count. It's the people who count the votes." - Stalin

Anything can be subverted. Direct democracy on a very small scale is fine, like a village gathering. But for any kind of nation-state, even one the size of Luxembourg, it's effectively as easy to corrupt as a Republic.

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edmund_the_destroyer wrote

I'm not sure if you're calling my statement an often-repeated lie, or the idea that my statement is incorrect an often-repeated lie.

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