• @GuStJaR
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    314 days ago

    Based on my experience, the % of Britons who are complete idiots is >20%

    • @FelixCress
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      63 days ago

      This. Looking at individual elections I am of the view it may even be closer to 40% and definitely above 30%.

  • @[email protected]
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    244 days ago

    One in five Britons have never lived under a dictatorship and haven’t got a fucking clue what they’re wishing for.

    • @riodoro1
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      53 days ago

      They have lived under democracy and they aren’t exactly happy either.

      • @WhatAmLemmy
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        3 days ago

        The west doesn’t have democracy. We have corporate plutocracy, where the majority of state and federal politicians are pre-screened, pre-approved, and financed by the wealthiest individuals/corporations, domestically.

        Choosing which corporate whore gets elected isn’t democracy.

    • Echo Dot
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      33 days ago

      These sort of poles are always stupid because people always answer them in daft ways. “Oh yeah of course I’d prefer a dictatorship that’d be swell”

  • @UncleArthur
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    154 days ago

    So 4 in 5 prefer democracy. Seems okay to me.

  • @[email protected]
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    144 days ago

    When you consider the quality of the “elected” leaders over the last 40 years, it’s kinda understandable.

    • Echo Dot
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      33 days ago

      That’s an utterly insane thought process though.

      The actual solution is to just not let idiots vote for con artists. This should be some sort of test that demonstrates they least understand the basics of the situation.

      Also the media shouldn’t be allowed to just straight up lie about stuff.

  • @[email protected]
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    73 days ago

    Of course older people believe voting makes a difference - they voted en masse for Brexit to disenfranchise younger people, and it worked.