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FeepingCreature 17 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applic...

Well, for one you're not supposed to use a majority vote to abolish democracy, or mess with unalienable rights. You can think of it as "democracy with precommitment".

ipsod 16 days ago [–]

In other words, it's not democracy, it's a democratic republic. The democracy is constrained by the constitution.

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