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hostyle | 6 months ago

> Democracy will eventually decay. It's not permanent.

Can a (more or less) two party system where the population hovers around 50/50 support for each side truly be called a democracy?

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JumpCrisscross|6 months ago

> Can a (more or less) two party system where the population hovers around 50/50 support for each side truly be called a democracy?

Unless democracy has never existed, and thus has evidence for being unable to exist, sort of like communism, yes. It’s flawed. But it’s more than in line with historic systems. (Not all of which failed due to populism.)