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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You've described liberal democracy. The combination of individual freedom plus democracy is supposed to provide a framework for curating precisely the kind of political agency you describe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

They've described the opposite. A collective, grassroots, democratic institution in which people can freely discuss their thoughts and political opinions and direct the policy of their country in that way, is less reminiscent of top-down political parties with representatives voted every 4 years as in liberal democracy, and more reminiscent of worker democracy or direct democracy as anarchists or communists defend.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

They described democracy as implemented through parliaments.

You are describing the US implementation's flaws.