@jeffw to politics • 2 months agoKamala Harris is winning the fundraising race by a milewww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square19arrow-up1166arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoSo we all accept that there is no democracy and do our best to support the nicest plutocrat or oligarch? I guess what I’m saying is that at the very least, we should stop deluding ourselves in believing that this is a functioning democracy. It’s like recovery from addiction … the first step to dealing with the problem is admitting the problem.
minus-square@Xeroxchasechaselink3•2 months agoThat’s the downside of this binary election method. You can elect either this or that.
So we all accept that there is no democracy and do our best to support the nicest plutocrat or oligarch?
I guess what I’m saying is that at the very least, we should stop deluding ourselves in believing that this is a functioning democracy.
It’s like recovery from addiction … the first step to dealing with the problem is admitting the problem.
That’s the downside of this binary election method. You can elect either this or that.