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[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

US is not a democracy, it is a plutocracy, an oligarchy

[–] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is any other country a democracy? I thought for it to be a democracy you needed “everyone” to vote for every law rather than electing representatives.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

You're thinking of a direct democracy. The modern term is a catch all for everything from that to limited democracies that require things like land ownership to vote.

[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 months ago

Tucker Carlson, famous proponent of democracy.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

You're foolin' yourself. We're living in a dictatorship! And how'd we get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.