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		dmcgee on Feb 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Convoy Crackdown – power to freeze bank accounts w... > Populism is democracy. Wrong. A democracy, at least a functioning and legitimate one, is not judged by enacting the will of the majority, but by protecting the rights of the minority.

bryanlarsen on Feb 23, 2022 [–]

A constitutional democracy protects its minorities. A pure democracy doesn't, but we haven't had one of those for well over 2000 years.

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