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As far as I am aware, every state in the US has a democratic government. > If it was done democratically, on a nationwide vote, abortion would easily stay lega
by wilsonnb3 4y ago
As far as I am aware, every state in the US has a democratic government.
> If it was done democratically, on a nationwide vote, abortion would easily stay legal.
Direct democracy is not the only form of democracy. It has many problems.
- noasaservice 4y agoWhat is a democracy called when: 1. legislative lines for the state and federal areas look like a kindergardner drawing squigglies 2. When many states do everything they can to find reasons to disqualify valid voters 3. When felons are not legally able to vote, even after their time is served 4. When massive amounts of money come in from republican businesses to significantly sway elections 5. When massive lies and half-truths are put out in the media thanks to the massive money That just doesn't look like a democracy. What it is? I don't know.
- abarwick 4y agoExactly. It sounds faux-romantic to wane about democracy and the power of voting, but when the systems that support this system have been perverted over the course of decades, it becomes a horror story. Democracy as it has been thought of is dead (in the U.S.).