Like wolves or pigs or any animal for that matter, human beings can't be properly understood by observing how they behave in captivity. It has been established by history that we can be uncompromising and unforgiving with each other in captivity, just like other animals. It has yet to be established how we are as emancipated beings.
In the competitive struggle imposed by captivity, we are set to endeavor against each other and burn incalculable amounts of resources and time. Freedom from that is nearly the entirety of liberty.
Actual democracy is a conversation among peers rather than a competition between factions, as "politics" is made to be in a republic. Democracy is direct participation in the decision making process, as opposed to franchised participation by proxy, as it is in a republic. Democracy is empirical, focused like science and technology on delivering results, rather than inevitably ideological and corrupt, as it is in a republic. Democracy offers an attainable ideal for human civilization, as opposed to the perpetual culture war consistently delivered by republic.
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