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To: Phoenix8
Can democracies be totalitarian?

No.

That's like asking if a dictator will obey the will of the people. A dictator wouldn't be a dictator if he did.

4 posted on 01/02/2023 3:16:07 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Prohibition was an experiment in democratic totalitarianism. Although it failed, there is no reason in principle why it could not have continued.


6 posted on 01/02/2023 3:55:59 AM PST by FarCenter
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To: RoosterRedux

We are no longer a democracy and will not be again until we have eliminated fraudulent elections. We begin to eliminate fraudulent elections at the local level. Observe, expose, and demand prosecution of the guilty (including corrupt judges). Once state legislatures are put on notice that fraud will not be tolerated things will start changing for the better.


7 posted on 01/02/2023 4:03:54 AM PST by Rlsau1
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To: RoosterRedux

A dictator can follow the will of the people if he wants to.

What if 51% vote to euthanize all colored people?
That’s a totalitarian democracy.

In the end it depends on one’s definitions I think.


8 posted on 01/02/2023 4:32:46 AM PST by EEGator
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To: RoosterRedux

Oh really?

Ever hear of mob rule?


11 posted on 01/02/2023 5:03:24 AM PST by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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