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Democracy can only work when the voters are interested in making life better for _everyone_ and not just themselves. The "fuck you, got mine" mentality that ha
by skummetmaelk 7y ago
Democracy can only work when the voters are interested in making life better for _everyone_ and not just themselves.
The "fuck you, got mine" mentality that has developed is what will cause democracy to fail.
- Accujack 7y agoLots of hyperbole there. That mentality is more or less unique to one large generation in the US, it's not universal and not perpetual. Also, there have been democracies for more than a thousand years that have withstood this sort of thing.
- arethuza 7y agoWhich ones? (Genuinely interested, not being snarky)
- rootusrootus 7y agoI am betting Accujack was referring to boomers. And in particular, those of the conservative persuasion. I could be wrong, though.
- bilbo0s 7y agoI think Arethuza might have been asking which democracies have survived the self interest that was being discussed? (I assume s/he is looking for democracies that didn't end in chopped heads.)
- rootusrootus 7y agoThat may be. The downside of ambiguous questions. I made my assumption based on the "not being snarky" qualification. And even then, got downvoted for it ;-). People identify so strongly with their political party.