> Last time I read a dictionary, democracy did not make a difference between citizens.
To quote Karl Popper: "Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them."
Democracy needs provable facts to work, it ceases to work when the electorate gets flooded by destructive lies.
To quote Karl Popper: "Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them."
Democracy needs provable facts to work, it ceases to work when the electorate gets flooded by destructive lies.