• Neato@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      America still operates mostly as a democracy. Excepting a few notable cases elections matter. That’s why we had an insurrection: the fascist lost and got angry.

      You can argue it’s really controlled by special interests but it’s still a democracy. Russia doesn’t have real elections AND it’s controlled by the oligarchs.

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          1 year ago

          Why did the US suddenly become a part of this discussion?

          The US is absolutely a flawed democracy, no doubt about that. However the people’s vote in the elections does have a real impact on the political decisions of the country.

          The amount of influence the voters have can be debated, but it is far from nothing. Thus the US elections are not purely theaterical, and therefore there is sense in having elections in the US.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah I know it is a theater, that is what I said. What I don’t understand is why they keep it up? It seems so pointless, but they still hold “elections”. What ie the reason for that?