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m4xp • today at 10:46 AM • 3 replies • view on HN

If people dont want democracy they should be able to choose so. Its clear that democracy has proven its failure for long term planning and useless bureocracy.


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fabian2k • today at 10:52 AM

That is not how the German constitution is set up. You can do what you wish in your country, but here the "freiheitliche demokratische Grundordnung" is not up for debate. There are also specific clauses in the constitution that cannot be amended or changed, one of them ensures Germany is a democracy.

mr_mitm • today at 10:58 AM

> If people dont want democracy they should be able to choose so.

Debatable. One of the core ideas of democracy is to protect minorities. Democracy has been built around the concept that a majority cannot restrict basic rights of minorities. Arguably no one should be allowed to create a system which allows the violation of basic human rights of minorities.

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ludicrousdispla • today at 10:55 AM

if a person doesn't like democracy then they should simply not vote

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