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I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era. (www.politico.com)

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To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works.

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The economy is not the means of government. What you're describing is unfettered capitalism. But in the US that's being done inside a representative democracy.

Now we can argue all day that it's actually a secret oligarchy where politicians are bought by a handful of corporations, but we're still the ones choosing the politicians who then choose to be bought, so it's debatable what kind of government that is.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 points 52 minutes ago* (last edited 51 minutes ago)

What you’re describing is unfettered capitalism

And why is it unfettered?

Because we don't have a democracy. The wealthy control our government and its effects.

we’re still the ones choosing the politicians who then choose to be bought

No we're not. Go read up on how much it costs to get a meeting with a presidential candidate at the national convention, and then try and tell me we're the ones choosing the candidates.