• @_wintermute
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    1 year ago

    Hard to be pessimistic about something that doesn’t exist. The US is not a democracy and never has been. Our votes are not equal and there are many institutions in place to ensure that our vote can just not matter whenever is convenient for those in power, both on state and federal levels.

    Edit: remember when we voted for the Supreme Court members? Lol. It’s all a joke fam.

    • @YoBuckStopsHere
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      11 year ago

      Quick Civics Lesson: A Representative Republic IS a form of democracy. Saying the United States isn’t a democracy is false.

      • DreamerOfImprobableDreams
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        11 year ago

        Exactly. It’s an imperfect democracy with some anti-democratic institutions, for sure-- but to say it’s not a democracy is simply not accurate.

        • @_wintermute
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          121 year ago

          Oh no, think of the accuracy! Be blind to what your eyes see as long as you can cling to a definition you learned in grade school that was propaganda to begin with lmao.

          It’s like if a nail salon is a front for money laundering and I say “hey that nail salon is a front!” and the pedants come back with “ACK-shually, that is indeed a nail salon.” No fucking shit. It’s true purpose is a front, despite the fact that it functions as a nail salon AND a front.

          The US is functioning as intended, with a thin veneer of “democracy” to keep it “legitimate” in the eyes of the world.

          • DreamerOfImprobableDreams
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            1 year ago

            You realize the right wing spends billions on spreading that exact propaganda line among the left, because every left-leaning person they manage to blackpill means one less vote against their candidates in the next election, right?

            • @_wintermute
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              41 year ago

              Alternate take: you wouldn’t be able to blackpill people on the left if the democrat party actually showed up and executed policy that makes the working people’s lives easier. Republicans can push this propaganda because, like most propaganda, there is a nugget of truth at the core. The state doesn’t give a shit about “we the people” except for the cases where “people” are corporations.

        • @YoBuckStopsHere
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          01 year ago

          I will say that some states have a lot more democratic abilities than others.