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Re: [ProgSoc] What is the world coming to?
jedd wrote:
You seem to be assuming we (or indeed anyone) is
living in a democracy.
I'm sure you want to make a point, so why don't you? :P
(Is there a distinction to be made here between a
democratic government and a democracy?)
No. I'd say Australia is a democracy, in the sense that there is a
mechanism for periodically choosing a new government. If the public
perceived things at being "direly bad" then there would be a legal
method for taking extreme-yet-non-violent reactive action.
I agree that from a practical perspective, having regard to the nature
of mass media and ignorance in general, that it doesn't function
particularly well. That's because public perception is so well managed.
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