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rickdeckardyesterday at 2:34 PM2 repliesview on HN

It could e.g. be "anti-democratic" by a universal definition of democracy and civil liberties which no single country then gets to fork and redefine...


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8noteyesterday at 3:00 PM

its encoded in the US constitution, so its anti-american.

it can be anti-other things too, but its certainly anti-american

smallmancontrovyesterday at 2:54 PM

Let's suppose you had your way and the cultural concept of America as a set of ideas and values related to democracy was erased. Would the universal non-national concepts of democracy and civil liberties have been able to inspire Mike Pence to stand up to Donald Trump on January 6th?

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