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0 pointsimcritic7mo ago0 comments

That description fits any authority, not just democratic. The state is an apparatus of coercion. Always was, always will be.

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rvnx7mo ago

Sadly yes. Even original Greek democracy was completely broken (women couldn't vote for example, like in many countries even recently).

There is a saying: if voting would change things, it is long time that it would have been forbidden

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0 pointsimcritic7mo ago0 comments

That description fits any authority, not just democratic. The state is an apparatus of coercion. Always was, always will be.

rvnx7mo ago

Sadly yes. Even original Greek democracy was completely broken (women couldn't vote for example, like in many countries even recently).

There is a saying: if voting would change things, it is long time that it would have been forbidden

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse