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democracy by itself works at a tribal band, extended family level (if even there), democracy writ large = mob rule. I guess flash mobs are quite democratic, at least until the participants begin fighting over the best TVs Gucci bags, or the last rolls of toilet paper

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If I remember my history, Athens is credited with the invention of democracy and it was that that brought it down. When threatened with an existential threat they could not mount a unified response and the ensuing chaos led to their defeat

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