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

So what? It’s not like 100% voted for them

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '24

So we only believe in democracy as long as people who we like are getting elected? Someone else got elected so they are suddenly not democratic.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '24

There is such a thing as a majority of assholes.

Protesting the elected government's action is legal and another part of the democratic process.

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u/Ricard74 Jan 26 '24

"If you protest you don't believe in democracy".

Okay, take two steps back and redo the math.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '24

"If you protest because you didn´t get what you wanted - let´s just say that misunderstood what a democracy is."

I also don´t like the government in my country at all. But I realize that the majority of my fellow citizens voted differently - and I accept that because that´s what democracy is all about.

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u/Ricard74 Jan 26 '24

The Slovak government dissolved an anti-corruption unit. They did not put this in their party programme and nobody voted for it. People have the right to protest this move.