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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoWell, that was also true in Korea and Japan before WW2, yet both are shining examples of democracy (with a healthy amount of chaebol/Keiretsu/oligopoly to round it out). Likewise in Germany. So it’s not impossible, just foreign.
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoOf course it is possible and I hope they eventually develop into a mature democracy. Point is, it has not happened yet.
Well, that was also true in Korea and Japan before WW2, yet both are shining examples of democracy (with a healthy amount of chaebol/Keiretsu/oligopoly to round it out). Likewise in Germany.
So it’s not impossible, just foreign.
Of course it is possible and I hope they eventually develop into a mature democracy. Point is, it has not happened yet.