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Democracy Dies... in the Pockets of the American Oligarchy (www.commondreams.org)

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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I thought democracy died when we started skipping elections, but hey maybe that’s just some weird delusion on my part.

Maybe I’m off. Just seems to me that deciding to skip an election is like the most literal death of democracy that could ever be described as the death of democracy.

Democracy is when the people vote. Democracy dies when we skip over that part.

Make sense? Am I off here?

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Yes, you are off here. Firstly because the US never has been and never will be much of a democracy, and secondly because shaming the constituency into voting has never and will never result in more votes.

Fewer people voting is not the cause of less democracy, it is a symptom of it. Some people have been losing faith in it, and why wouldn’t they, when grinding neoliberalism has slowly worsened their lives over the last ~45 years?

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I thought democracy died when we started skipping elections

Like how the democrats skipped the primary election?

People are "voting for putin" in Russia so is that a vibrant democracy in your opinion?