@ xurtio
it's not a false dilemma, because a false dilemma is when you provide two choices as if they are the only possible choices, which i didn't do. i made a general statement about democracy and another general statement about autocratic rule. they're two extreme ends of a spectrum, as you noted. i think the supreme court decision helps highlight a perk of the more autocratic portion of that spectrum, even if the US isn't actually an autocratic regime. my basic point was in the efficacy of centralized control vs distributed control. the supreme court centrally changing the law of the land is more efficient than waiting on each state to change state laws, even though the latter, to me, seems more in the spirit of a representative democracy/republic.
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