So your measure for success is how people get to put a piece of paper in a box every four years whilst their issues get ignored.

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dnnddidiej 3 hours ago | parent [-]

What... are you really belittling democracy

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eowln 3 hours ago | parent [-]

That’s not what I said. I said there are more important things to increase the wellbeing of the citizens of a country than democracy. In other words, a country can use democracy as a tool to destroy itself.

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wussboy 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Maybe. But I don't think you will find any of those things without strong democracy.

	▲	purpleflame1257 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Counterpoint: China from Deng and onwards is an autocracy with rapidly improving material conditions
	▲	unmole 37 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Singapore says hi.
	▲	tw1984 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		which things? care to be more specific?