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marcosdumaytoday at 3:57 AM1 replyview on HN

No, Liberal Democracy is not about forcing the wishes of the majority into everybody. It's about respecting people freedoms.

That's why countries have constitutions, that usually can not be completely replaced.


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try_the_basstoday at 4:15 AM

> That's why countries have constitutions, that usually can not be completely replaced.

Except, of course, by the action of a (super)majority, at least in the US.