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[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

"Britain is one of the oldest democracies"

Is it?

We didn't have full and equal universal suffrage until 1924. Even ignoring that, elections before about 1832 were barely democratic in a lot of places.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

It's a pretty poor example of one, either way.

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