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[–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Yet Myanmar , Thailand , Nepal , and Spain uprooted their oppressors violently without democracy.
South Korea kept it's democracy by taking the tyrant violently .

It just seems the disconnect is plain old complacency.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Yet Myanmar ,

    Myanmar wasn't a democracy.

    Thailand ,

    This prime minister was removed by the court, not by violence.

    Nepal , and

    This is the only example you gave of a democratically elected official who was violently overthrown. I said that if you violently overthrow a democratically elected tyrant, the majority will simply democratically install a new tyrant. That's exactly what happened in Bangladesh, with the same party being elected after it was violently removed. Nepal seems to be a vanishingly a rare counterexample. We'll see how long that lasts.

    Spain uprooted their oppressors violently without democracy.

    Spain also wasn't a democracy.

    South Korea kept it's democracy by taking the tyrant violently .

    Also removed by the court, not by rebel violence.

    It just seems the disconnect is plain old complacency.

    No, if you violently remove a democratically elected official, that official will be democratically replaced with more of the same. Violence doesn't magically change voters' minds to agree with you.

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