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Public comments aren't votes so they aren't part of democracy. Influencing an unelected official like the FCC chair who gets to rule however he wants isn't demo
by astrange 4y ago
Public comments aren't votes so they aren't part of democracy. Influencing an unelected official like the FCC chair who gets to rule however he wants isn't democracy.
- Pulcinella 4y agoDemocracy is far, far, far more than just mere voting and that fact that you believe this basically just proves the original point.
- astrange 4y agoComments that have no legal force (because they're not actually required to respond or respect them) surely aren't. There's other situations like community meetings for land use that are far more democratic. Although, those are mostly bad, because it means only people with lots of free time can attend them!
- omniglottal 4y agoYet public commentary was requested and even required to be evaluated. Therefor, fraud existed. Either is was the US government implying this was a democratic process, or the perpetrators of identity theft committed a crime. Which was it?
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- 7speter 4y agoBeing able to influence (both up and down the social pecking order) seems to be a very prominent characteristic of Democracy, but I could be wrong.
- astrange 4y agoSeems more like petitioning a monarch to me. A more democratic system would be that if an official doesn't listen to you, they lose their election. Ajit Pai doesn't have an election.