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Comparing the US to a totalitarian dictatorship, how edgy.
by kspacewalk2 5y ago
Comparing the US to a totalitarian dictatorship, how edgy.
- BigRedDog1669 5y agoCalling complicated countries that are not the US a totalitarian dictatorship, how edgy.
- ngokevin 5y agoAnd OP says the US doesn't have propaganda all over.
- nsonha 5y agois this a joke? What's created public support for invasion countries all over the world in the past decades, if not propaganda from the military industrial complex? Have you read any piece of international news recently that's not about how bad Russia or China is?
- avgcorrection 5y agoDoes the US Government need to always have unanimous public support for their wars? Come on. The Reagan administration’s indirect war efforts in Latin America were forced underground (“clandestine”) due to public opposition.
- nsonha 5y agounanimous support or not, we are talking about whether propaganda exists. Leading up to the Iraq war, pro war was the only narrative reported by mainstream media
- slt2021 5y agoComparing two party dictatorship to one party dictatorship, ftfy
- avgcorrection 5y agoThis might sound like a quip but is it even wrong? Every wonk acknowledges that third party votes are likely to be wasted. And people get mad at you if you “protest vote”. How is that not an effective duopoly?
- vineyardmike 5y agoDuopoly and dictatorships are different. The US government is always controlled by one of two political parties but that doesn't make it a dictatorship.
- mrkstu 5y agoAnd the identity of those two parties has changed over time- when a party loses touch with its base, it can and will be replaced.
- nsonha 5y agoyou can say the same thing about a single party system, each administration is different
- avgcorrection 5y agoAnd dynasties… people have kids and die.
- nsonha 5y agocronyism is still slightly better than bloodline, and not worse than random selection, I mean democracy. Politicians don't spend all of their office time running instead of doing work.
- avgcorrection 5y ago> and not worse than random selection, I mean democracy. Not worse based on what? > Politicians don't spend all of their office time running instead of doing work. Of course not. They just spend a ton of time on the phone with the people who are their actual constituents, i.e. their donors.