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R Freedoms can be seen as both ends in themselves, and as means of achieving a fulfilled life. Democracy is a form of collective decision making in which participants are equal at some stage of the process, for example, when voting. Both freedom and democracy are complex, contested ideas which change over time, but even rough measures can provide an indication of significant inequalities between and within countries. National democracies exist within complex global systems that are not democratic. Although the UN General Assembly uses a system of one-government one-vote, which is an indirect form of representation, the UN Security Council only represents leading governments and a few others, without any pretense of democracy. Other global actors, such as corporations, similarly lack democratic accountability.

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