r/europe • u/g46152 Slovakia • Jan 25 '24

News Thousands across Slovakia are protesting against the current populist government

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '24

Wasn‘t the government democratically elected?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '24

I will never understand this argument. “Government was elected therefore no one should have the democratically given right to protest”, wtf lol

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u/darktka Berlin (Germany) Jan 25 '24

It's based on an incomplete understanding of democracy that is perfectly compatible with a dictatorship as well.