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> And after finishing that, you should understand that when 51% of the population wants to ban the remanining 49% of people to live, it's no longor called as democracy, but fascism.

I believe this scenario fits the definition of "democracy".

> Democracy (Greek: δημοκρατία, dēmokratiā, from dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule'[1]) is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation ("direct democracy"), or to choose governing officials to do so ("representative democracy").

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy

parent danuker 4 years ago

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