As opposed to what, the monarchies and theocracies that have oppressed trans people for thousands of years?
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Yep. Democracy is a tool like a hammer. Is a hammer transphobic? Certainly not. The people wielding the tools is a different story.
I'm not in the position ATM to see if this is just horrible clickbait titling. Or a genuine bad faith question. But I am trying to consider which would be worse.
It can be if the citizens vote it to be so.
But also remember, modern democracy isn't true democracy. So it's more like if the "representatives" of the people want it to be so, with anywhere from lots to no consideration of the people, which is fundamentally not democracy as the Ancient Greeks intended it to be.
which is fundamentally not democracy as the Ancient Greeks intended it to be.
This does not make modern representative democracies better, but the ancient greeks only allowed men and non enslaved people to particpate in their democracy.
It's not a direct democracy. But no one's ever claimed that it was. It is however absolutely a true democracy. An example of representative democracy. And not a very good one at that. But it is true democracy.