• MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    If I were on a deserted island I’d run it anarchically. I wouldn’t erect a state, democratic or not. But if we must have states, then we must also have democracy.

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      10 months ago

      So you would let the 5 year olds die because you wouldn’t just tell them what to do knowing they were 5

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          10 months ago

          I feel like you are dodging the concept that children beyond a certain age are capable of limited self determination that scales up as they become more capable.