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Not on this issue in Europe. Almost every party feels powerless and blindly tries to get power over content. Many parties are even afraid of democracy by now.


> Not on this issue in Europe.

> Many parties are even afraid of democracy by now.

So they are afraid of the consequences of elections?


For the same reason that regular people are afraid of the consequences of elections.

It's heartbreaking, and for some life-ruining, what awful things the other side[1] do when they get in. Democracy is no game.

[1] for each individual's value of "other side".


"Democracy is people who run businesses well being forced to run businesses poorly by people who can't run businesses at all." ~ Michael Malice

Just extrapolate this principle to everything people vote on.




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