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minus-squareblade_barrier@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·13 hours agoDemocracy and dictatorship is not a dichotomy.
minus-squaresnugglesthefalselinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 hours agoIt kinda is, everything falls on that scale, either people are being represented and representing themselves or they aren’t. Everything else is just the mechanics of that.
minus-squaresnugglesthefalselinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 minutes agoI don’t know much about Romans. Eventually it became an empire with an emperor and all though.
So you’re all for dictatorships then?
Democracy and dictatorship is not a dichotomy.
It kinda is, everything falls on that scale, either people are being represented and representing themselves or they aren’t. Everything else is just the mechanics of that.
Was Roman Republic a dictatorship?
I don’t know much about Romans. Eventually it became an empire with an emperor and all though.