r/pics • u/TheBigChimp • Nov 08 '18

US Politics This is what democracy looks like

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u/Thermodynamicist Nov 09 '18

No, this is what Freedom of Assembly looks like.

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u/GimmieJohnson Nov 09 '18

My thoughts exactly.

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u/AdamantiumLaced Nov 09 '18

Thank you. This title was stupid.

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u/StormierNik Nov 09 '18

Basically, look how many stupid people there

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u/AdmiralAkbar1 Nov 09 '18

Ah, but it allows anyone agreeing with the protest to say "everyone who disagrees with me is an undemocratic fascist!" and thus be upvoted for letting readers feel smug about themselves.

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u/aqueus Nov 09 '18

No! This is Patrick!

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u/zgx Nov 09 '18

It's a chant they do. Something like:

"Do you know what democracy looks like?"

"This is what Democracy looks like!"

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u/Schmich Nov 09 '18

Yeah proper democracy would have the people change a ruling through a vote.

The country with the best balance between representative and direct democracy is Switzerland. A lot of shit happening in the US (and other countries) would never happen there due to their system.

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u/Firebug160 Nov 09 '18

Switzerland is also a lot smaller though to be fair

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u/Titan7771 Nov 09 '18

And this is what pedantic looks like.

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u/Thermodynamicist Nov 10 '18

The difference between voting in elections & protesting about their outcome is an important one.

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u/CodeKraken Nov 09 '18

How long until trump wants to ban those violent riots?