Dear Random Dudes on the Internet, We defined modern democracy decades ago. Not just voting. Includes protecting liberal freedoms, an independent judiciary, and more. Can be representative or direct. You can stop telling us it's actually a republic Thanks, Political Scientists
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Replying to @NGrossman81 @CathyYoung63
Your conflating modern democracy with Western democracy. The West practices Western norms (IE liberalism) because they are in keeping with its traditions. Elsewhere in the world illiberal Traditions remain just as popular as they've ever been.
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Replying to @Maineiack @CathyYoung63
Japan and South Korea are democracies.
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Replying to @NGrossman81 @CathyYoung63
And the circumstances under which they became democracies involve involved a very aggressive military presence of the United States. They didn't choose liberalism, liberalism chose them.
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True. But I’m not sure how that challenges my point. Which countries weren’t influenced by the West, especially democracies? For example, Senegal is a democracy. But it was also a colony.
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