this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2024
432 points (74.7% liked)

US Authoritarianism

813 readers
510 users here now

Hello, I am researching American crimes against humanity. . This space so far has been most strongly for memes, and that's fine.

There's other groups and you are welcome to add to them. USAuthoritarianism Linktree

See Also, my website. USAuthoritarianism.com be advised at time of writing it is basically just a donate link

Cool People: !thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world

founded 8 months ago
MODERATORS
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
alphanerd4@lemmy.world
432
Democratic Governance (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by alphanerd4@lemmy.world to c/usauthoritarianism@lemmy.world
127 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What really amazes me is how set up to maintain the status quo 'murican politics is. Political parties have to be registered on every state, otherwise they don't "exist". Gerrymandering ensures voting districts are always drawn in favor of specific parties. Delegate votes means popular vote isn't as important. Even fucking Brazil is more democratic by comparison.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

don't forget that the election is on a Tuesday and a lot of people can't take a day off, and there's serious push to limit or remove early voting.

forget brazil, a lot of countries Americans would see as "shitholes" are actually more democratic in their process. they think they have it better because they don't have an obvious strongman on top (though that may change now, we'll see) but the people's will has been systematically suppressed more and more over the years. the boot of corporations has been firmly pressed on the neck of the public to make sure they can't raise their head for long enough to breathe, let alone participate.