• doodledup@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Maybe the civil war is inevitable. And maybe a half-decent multi-party democracy comes out of this too. Jesus christ, the internet is full of this shitshow of a “democracy” these days.

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      4 months ago

      How is it not democratic to bring up the fact that the opponent is a criminal who is only not behind bars because of who he is? In an actual democracy the fucking felon wouldn’t be able to run because his crimes would have disqualified him from running. But in this banana republic he gets to walk around and plot for his second attempt at a coup.

      So again, fuck him, lock him up. And fuck off with this bullshit that we should forget that he’s a traitor to the country and should absolutely be in jail for the crimes he committed, and he’s only not in jail because of the anti-democratic moves by his toadies in congress and in the judicial system. That’s the real undemocratic part of this whole campaign, not some fucking chanting at a political rally.

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        3 months ago

        It’s a two-party system. So first of all there is no way for you to vote if you want a middle ground. Or if you want something done that none of the two parties have in their program. There is zero political color in the US. Just Red and Blue yelling at each other. There are other democracies where you can vote for like 20 parties and multiple parties end up forming the government. There is not one winner. You’ll get proportionally represented no matter what. The US system big time in this regard and is probably the number one reason for all the unrest in the country.

        Secondly, everything is about the candidate all the time. It’s not about the politicics at all. In a democracy it should be about the party and what they want to do. There should be a program that you can look up on their website that you can vote on. The candidate is just an interchangable delegate representing the party. So in a good democracy, you should be able to vote based on the party’s program alone and the party’s views should be very clear and concistent. But I’m not sure they even have a program here. All I hear is “president this, president that” and a lot of drama about the person.

        Third, the actual voting system itself. There should be a direct vote for the party and not based on the states.

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          3 months ago

          None of that answered how bringing up the criminality of the candidate is undemocratic, so I’m not going to respond to any of your non-sequitor.

          Again, how is it undemocratic to point out that the candidate in question is a criminal and should be behind bars, but isn’t because of political machinations of his party?