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Duopoly and dictatorships are different. The US government is always controlled by one of two political parties but that doesn't make it a dictatorship.
by vineyardmike 5y ago
Duopoly 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.
- avgcorrection 5y ago“Two party dictatorship”.
- nsonha 5y agoI guess this has less to do with the number of parties, more to do with separation of powers, horizontally via branches of the government and vertically through local autonomy, and perhaps free press
- krageon 5y agoIf every option you have is oppression, what is the point of calling it not a dictatorship? Life is shit regardless, you may as well live where it is cheap.