so, say, a place like Cuba where citizens do effect policy changes (like when they recently voted on the new constitution that now enshrines lgbtq rights) are not authoritarian, right?
They’d be not very authoritarian then if that’s true. I haven’t looked at that case specifically though. Sometimes the process is pretty rigged to give only the appearance of democracy. But I have no reason to think that’s the case in Cuba.
so, say, a place like Cuba where citizens do effect policy changes (like when they recently voted on the new constitution that now enshrines lgbtq rights) are not authoritarian, right?
They’d be not very authoritarian then if that’s true. I haven’t looked at that case specifically though. Sometimes the process is pretty rigged to give only the appearance of democracy. But I have no reason to think that’s the case in Cuba.