Democracy

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About

Democracy is a form of government in which the population chooses the leaders.

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Reference

• Wikipedia
• Conservapedia «Republicanism means there is a system of rule of law, or inalienable rights, which no majority can vote out.» «Winston Churchill famously said, "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."»

Video

• Encyclopaedia Britannica Films:
  • 1945 Democracy explains what democracy is and how it works (worth taking some notes, when time permits)
  • 1946 Despotism shows how to tell where a nation's government is on a scale from democracy to despotism

News

• 2023-11-09 03:00 UTC [L..T] How India tamed Twitter and set a global standard for online censorship «For years, a committee of executives from U.S. technology companies and Indian officials convened every two weeks in a government office to negotiate what could — and could not — be said on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.» ... «In the past two years, the Indian government has dramatically tightened its grip on American social media companies. Silicon Valley firms that were at times defiant are now far more accepting of Indian government dictates to censor material, in particular criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).» ... «This escalating censorship in the world’s largest democracy is part of a wider campaign by Modi and his Hindu nationalist allies to monopolize public discourse: tightening their grip on power, advancing their Hindu-first ideology and squeezing out critical and dissenting voices. American technology companies have increasingly fallen in line, fearing for their employees’ security and their profits.»
• 2020-09-19 [L..T] Obama calls for Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s successor to be appointed by the election winner Barack Obama: “A basic principle of the law – and of everyday fairness – is that we apply rules with consistency, and not based on what's convenient or advantageous in the moment. The rule of law, the legitimacy of our courts, the fundamental workings of our democracy all depend on that basic principle.”
• 2010-06-14 [[ L]..T] My testimony «After I finished my testimony last Tuesday, you won't believe who took the microphone to speak out against the resolution: the director of the Rhode Island ACLU.»
• 2009-04-28 [L..T] The right floats off to Neverland. No girls allowed! «Thiel could use his leverage as a donor to combine the Seasteading Institute with the Methuselah Foundation and create a make-believe island where girls aren't allowed to vote and where nobody ever has to grow up. Call it Neverland.»