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This is factually wrong - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_between_democracies. The fact that the link Wikipedia article exists, and has content, is enough to disprove that ridiculous claim.
I'd like to point out to that the "List of wars between democracies" article on Wikipedia (WP is not a reliable source and ridiculous to cite it as part of an argument I'd like to point out) is a terrible list of 1) nations that weren't even nations or 2) nations that were democracies only in name or 3) used presidents who were popularly elected as "democracy" (in which case the Czechoslovakia versus Germany in the 1930s would have been two democracies at war). And they even list WWI and Kaiser Germany as a democracy!!! The article's sole purpose is to try and disprove the thesis in political science that democracies don't go to war (and yes, this is taught in every university's poli sci department!)
The article was nominated for deletion and while it was kept due to "no consensus" it appears to have been because determined people with an agenda that saved it.
From the talk page of the WP article-
I had seen bad articles, but this is one of the worst definitely. Implying that pre 19 century governments could be democratic in anyway that resembles the meaning of the word today is just laughable. Guidaw (talk) 03:24, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
This is absolutely true, but previous attempts to fix it was strongly opposed by one single very determined editor, and those who wanted more NPOV viewpoint just ran out of energy. Perhaps it's time, many years later, to try again. --OpenFuture (talk) 13:09, 15 January 2016
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