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		tarkin2 28 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Staying ahead of censors in 2025 "[A] direct attack on a democracy’s ability to form consensus" is a wonderfully precise term. Splitting democratic nations through fearmongering targeted at everyone's online profile is an incredible weapon.

naasking 28 days ago [–]

Democracies virtually never form a consensus, there are always dissenters on any issue. Democracies reach decisions by majority rule, not consensus.

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