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happytoexplain • yesterday at 10:11 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Using legality to defend against a criticism that we don't live in a representative system is circular logic.


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krapp • yesterday at 10:43 PM

No it isn't, because in a representative system what is legal is a function of the will of the people who elect the representatives to write and vote on laws. It's legal because the people don't care enough to have it be otherwise, and so the representative system reflects that.