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[koenigdavidmj]

When your argument can also be used unchanged by the Nazis in the late 30s, it's probably not the best way to go.

[wildmusings → koenigdavidmj]

>When your argument can also be used unchanged by the Nazis in the late 30s, it's probably not the best way to go.

You either missed the entire 'democratic legitimacy' part of my point, or don't actually know anything about the Nazis in the late 30s.

[kabdib → wildmusings]

I don't see a whole lot of "democratic legitimacy" in FISA courts or black budgets in the tens to hundreds of billions of dollars.

[mhluongo → wildmusings]

Recall democratic legitimacy isn't necessarily moral authority. "The tyranny of the majority", etc.