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Chatcontrol is once again stopped. Good work again everyone who stood up, this is once again a win everytime it is a win.

Next country that is up for Presidency is Poland 🇵🇱 who are anti-chatcontrol.

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[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 19 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, that also the same with democracy.

Democrats (as in, people who believe in democracy, not the US political party) have to win elections every time and constantly have to battle against threats of autocracization, but autocrats only need to win once to destroy the democratic system.

[-] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I would argue that representative democracy isn't true democracy then.

Any system that can do this kind of thing isn't, when the people have said no that means no forever unless the people decide it isn't.

It seems to me therefore that only direct democracy could ever be considered true democracy because it would be truly the will of the people. The people would bring issues forward, not someone or a party supposedly 'representing' us.

[-] JasminIstMuede 6 points 2 weeks ago

Someone more versed in political science than I can correct me here, but I'm pretty sure direct democracy and true democracy would be synonyms. But that doesn't mean there wouldn't still be a need to fight back against antidemocratic forces. In any system where the laws can change, so too can the holders of power, and people are very capable of voting against their self interest. Complacency is, unfortunately, never an option.

[-] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Good points, thank you!

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