• mondo_brondo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    In a representative democracy, the people being responsible for their government is kind of the point.

    • BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Except representative democracy is a myth… Majority rule ≠ representation. Non-majority groups are unaccounted for. Plus, while the people may vote for representatives, they ultimately have no control over what said representatives decide to actually do. They can campaign for and promise all they want, but once they’re in office, they’re there.

      Citizens are not responsible for the actions of their government.

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        1 year ago

        You can’t simultaneously support democracy and say that the citizens aren’t responsible for their government.

        Either democracy is a failure or it isn’t.