• exanime@lemmy.today
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    7 months ago

    Isn’t this the general sad state of democracy? Specially in America and it’s 2 party system?

    Rarely people get to vote for whom they want, they vote against the one they dislike/fear the most

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      7 months ago

      It’s the sad state of democracy in all electorates that use demonstrably shitty voting systems like first past the post. Because those force you to vote strategically.

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      7 months ago

      This is how democracy works in any Capitalist system where the bourgeoisie have an outsized influence on the state and the proletariat have an undersized influence.

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        7 months ago

        An authoritarian oligarchy posing as a socialist republic would be better, am I right? Then our human rights can still be crushed by the state for the benefit of a chosen few, but the uniforms and anthem are better.

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          7 months ago

          A Socialist Republic would be better than a Capitalist Republic, yes. Human rights would be better represented if the profit motive was abolished and production was run democratically, rather than by competing warlords in Capitalism.