• @masquenox
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    -297 months ago

    at least in a country where voting isn’t rigged (so like, Russians are off the hook here, for example)

    So we’re all off the hook, then?

    That’s kind of a big point of being in a democratic society

    You don’t live in a democratic society.

      • @masquenox
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        -197 months ago

        Everywhere

        Tell me where you live and I’ll show you how anti-democratic the society you live in really is.

        Up for this challenge?

          • @masquenox
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            -187 months ago

            the anti-democratic nature of germany.

            Gee… what a challenge! I’m going to be completely stumped by this one, eh?

            But just before I do the little surrender dance, we have to… you know - dot the i’s and get the paperwork right, okay?

            You did get to vote on who it is that manages you at your job, right?

            • @irreticent
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              107 months ago

              What a terrible way of avoiding the question.

              • @masquenox
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                -47 months ago

                Oh, not at all.

                We are absolutely getting to the heart of the matter… and no amount of liberal pearl-clutching is going to change that.

                I take it the answer is a definite no?

                  • @Donkter
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                    -27 months ago

                    I get what sea lioning is but I don’t see the relevance to this convo. Unless you’re calling yourself a sealion? But I’m on your side, I don’t think trying to keep the conversation about Germany’s government counts.

            • @[email protected]
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              47 months ago

              But this was not what the Original Comment was about…? This is not about society as a whole, but rather, well, the nation we live in being ruled in a certain way. A government for the people, by the people, seems pretty democratic to me.

              And Yes, I know there’s problems. I know one’s job often isn’t managed in a democratic fashion (although that does exist, mind you). I know there’s corruption and misinformation and whatever else, but at the end of the day, my vote counts. And so does everyone else’s.

              • @masquenox
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                -47 months ago

                This is about as simple as it gets - you either live in a democratic society or you don’t.

                If it’s a case of the former it doesn’t matter how hard and for how long political racketeers and their media cronies have shoved a buzzword down your throat, does it now?