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different anon here...

of course rule is rule, law is law. and as a completely anti-political individual with strong anarchist and anti-civ affinities, i would say that the democratic republic in the u.s. is NOT rule by decree. when 535 people have to get together (in various ways) and VOTE on laws, that is not rule by decree. now, you could argue that the laws being voted on are limited to what is acceptable to some authoritarian individual or group (in this case hidden from public sight). whether that amounts to rule by decree is probably arguable.