• GloriousDoubleK@lemmygrad.ml
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    Im just gonna put it out there and say it.

    Westerners think socialist countries arent democratic because they cant fathom that a political party can have a serious winning streak.

    Remind these buffoons that if it wasnt for the opposition in the US managing to put in places term limits; FDR probably would have remained president until he fuckin died.

    Because why the FUCK would anyone vote for another party if the one in power is actually doing just about everything you want them to do?

    The people telling us that socialism isnt democratic cant even turn the internet into a public utility. They cant even get 20k student debt forgiven. Fools. All of them.

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      they cant fathom that a political party can have a serious winning streak.

      That is especially vexing because it does happen very often in liberal democracies. And even where the system is designed to change parties every term or two like in USA, political parties might change but the policies remain unchanged, so how does that even differ from one party systems?

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        Got no argument from me. If liberals cared to check at all, they would pay attention to the meat and potatoes policies that all their political parties seem to agree on and really figure out if those policies work for them or against them.

        The USA has two parties now and even a bunch of indie parties like China and Cuba. And each vote either party is functionally the sane god damn thing.