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Quote of the day by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel: 'I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible' — a foundational thesis of the new tech elite (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

Americans vote within a republic not a democracy. Republics are famously corrupt

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    A republic is just a state with an elected head of state. It says nothing else about the political system of te country. Nominally the US is a representiative democratic republic. Of course it is no longer either of those things, but it pretended to be so for a long time.

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