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

  • NoneOfUrBusiness
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    28 hours ago

    That’s called a flawed democracy, which isn’t a good place to be but it’s definitely still a democracy. Exhibit A: You can say all that on popular social media and not get arrested.

    • FlashMobOfOne
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      12 hours ago

      definitely still a democracy

      No it isn’t.

      Neither in practice nor in essence. We’re not a democracy in part because of the electoral college, but we’re definitely not because the candidates for most offices are selected by the wealthy and you’re given a false choice between two conservatives, both of whom care only about the wealthy.

      It doesn’t matter what you can or can’t say online, because unless you’re a billionaire, you have no power in this country.