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epistemic democracy

The view that the aim of democracy is (in part) to favor a true outcome (with voting answering a question such as, “which candidate is best to lead?”).

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Democracy is a form of government in which the people have the authority to choose their governing legislators.

Emphasis on:

  • freedom of assembly & speech
  • inclusiveness and equality (minority rights)

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  • Plato wanted to end democracy in Athens. He observed how few people think properly before they vote and therefor we get very substandard rulers. 
  • He didn't want to replace democracy with dictatorship; but he wanted to prevent people from voting until they had started to think ratio...

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