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Daishimanyesterday at 5:51 PM1 replyview on HN

Democracies are not a guarantee of civil rights and easily turn into authoritarian and repressive regimes.


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Ajedi32yesterday at 7:52 PM

Usually only after they stop being democracies. It's rather difficult to repress people who can fire you if they don't like the job you're doing.

But in principle I agree, democracy on its own doesn't guarantee morality. There's such thing as the tyranny of the majority.