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When is democracy appropriate and when is it not? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by rainrain@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When is authoritarianism appropriate and when is it not?

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[–] rainrain@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

The ability to explain the subject to the uneducated is not something we generally expect in our engineers. What we do is trust their judgment. That's how we do it when building dams, bridges, houses etc.

Oh now it's a question of right.

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