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[–] hark@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That’s not democracy. That’s actually “populism”. That’s two wolves and a sheep voting to have lamb chops for dinner.

Oh yeah, I'm sure the current system of one wolf deciding for a population of a hundred sheep to have lamb chops for dinner is true democracy.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What you're describing is a dictatorship, which is neither democracy nor populism. Populism is not a solution a dictatorship either.

Where an overwhelming majority in rural areas disagree with an overwhelming majority in urban areas on an issue, the democratic approach calls for that issue to be removed from that higher level of government, and leave it to be decided at a lower level.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A bunch of dinosaurs in congress serving the needs of the wolves (the rich) is not democracy.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

We're becoming more and more a kakistocracy.