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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Yet Another New systemd Feature
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 07:49:31 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 14 May 2024 21:21:55 +0200, D wrote:

> On Mon, 13 May 2024, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 13 May 2024 11:43:31 +0200, D wrote:
>>
>>> Are you mad?
>>
>> No, I live in a democracy. Where every vote counts equally, the voter
>> has a realistic choice of more than two parties to vote for, and those
>> running for election are not the ones running the election.
>>
>> You know, “rule of law”, “checks and balances”, all that applies.
>>
> Doesn't follow from what you said and doesn't answer the question.

It means we can tell when one of your politicians is trying to subvert the 
norms of a democracy, because we can recognize attempts at antidemocratic 
actions when we see them. “The price of liberty is eternal vigilance”, and 
all that.