An autocratic country could easily spread propaganda in the democratic country, because of “free speech” rules that most democratic countries have, but a democratic country cannot easily spread its propaganda in the autocratic country.

An autocratic country can buy an election in the democratic country, but the democratic country cannot easily coup an autocratic country.

Are all democracies are doomed to fail?

Is the future of humanity, autocracy? For the rest of humanity’s existence?

      • @naught101
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        610 hours ago

        Between what? Democracy and oligarchy? Yeah, I guess. Most of those terms are often used pretty loosely…

    • @Amnesigenic
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      210 hours ago

      The US has never been a democracy, we’ve never been a particularly equitable representative republic either and our government was designed this way on purpose

      • @naught101
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        210 hours ago

        Guess it depends on how you define the term. The US certainly fits the minimalist representative definition. I don’t think equity is inherently part of the definition… Obviously I think it should be, but that’s more of a value overlaid on the organisational system, I think…

        • @Amnesigenic
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          07 hours ago

          Literally all communication depends on how you define the terms you use, that’s the whole point of having fixed definitions for words, and the US absolutely does not fit any reasonable definition of a democracy