@[email protected] to [email protected] • 10 months agoNot good things to say when several of your prominent members are charged with conspiracy and election fraudi.imgur.comimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1imageNot good things to say when several of your prominent members are charged with conspiracy and election fraudi.imgur.com@[email protected] to [email protected] • 10 months agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@funkless_ecklinkEnglish10•10 months agosomeone hit me with the “America is not a democracy” t’other day. I asked “do Americans not vote then?” no reply.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months agoWe do. But the people we voted for in the past get to decide who we are allowed to vote for in the future. And money decides who gets their message spread to the most people.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoIt’s more of a subversion of democracy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoWhat I’ve heard some of them advocate (trump in power indefinitely, followed by his children) isn’t a republic, so
minus-square@funkless_ecklinkEnglish3•10 months agonot to belabor it - but my point was that the phrase “America is not a democracy” is false.
someone hit me with the “America is not a democracy” t’other day.
I asked “do Americans not vote then?”
no reply.
We do. But the people we voted for in the past get to decide who we are allowed to vote for in the future. And money decides who gets their message spread to the most people.
That is (a form of) Democracy.
It’s more of a subversion of democracy.
What I’ve heard some of them advocate (trump in power indefinitely, followed by his children) isn’t a republic, so
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That’s (a form of) democracy.
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not to belabor it - but my point was that the phrase “America is not a democracy” is false.