InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-211 months agoIn today's Balkanization news...hexbear.netimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-down1imageIn today's Balkanization news...hexbear.netInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarezifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months ago America was NEVER a democracy Eh. It had a few moments. Window dressing has changed over the years, but the fundamentals remain. The fundamental structure of democracy still exists. I believe it is the people who are ultimately too alienated and terrified of one another to properly utilize it.
minus-squareasg101 [none/use name, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months ago The fundamental structure of democracy still exists Hmmm, what flavor kool-aid did you get?
minus-squarezifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThe one that has the elections and the candidates running popular campaigns and the people lining up in droves to participate.
Eh. It had a few moments.
The fundamental structure of democracy still exists. I believe it is the people who are ultimately too alienated and terrified of one another to properly utilize it.
Hmmm, what flavor kool-aid did you get?
The one that has the elections and the candidates running popular campaigns and the people lining up in droves to participate.