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Suppose there was a country where individualism was prioritized. Having your own opinions, avoiding "groupthink", even disagreeing with others, is a point of pr
by pphysch 3y ago
Suppose there was a country where individualism was prioritized. Having your own opinions, avoiding "groupthink", even disagreeing with others, is a point of pride.
Suppose there was a country where collectivism was prioritized. Harmony, conformity and agreeing with others is a point of pride.
Suppose both countries have similar government structures that allow ~everyone to vote. Would it really be surprising that the first country regularly has 50-50 splits, and the second country has virtually unanimous 100-0 voting outcomes? Is that outcome enough basis to judge whether one is "democratic" or not?
- falcor84 3y agoSuppose that countries have more than two parties...
- s1artibartfast 3y agoYou can democratically decide to have only two parties, or for that matter only one. It only takes 51% of the vote to outlaw opposition. Just recently, the US democratic convention stripped all the voters in New Hampshire from their votes the presidential candidates.
- pphysch 3y agoEven in multi-party systems, it comes down to ruling coalition vs. opposition. DPRK technically has multiple parties, but they are in a tight coalition.
- whamlastxmas 3y agoThe funny thing is that I’m sure NK is very democratic, it’s just that voting wrong probably gets you killed
- dylan604 3y agoI wonder if anyone that voted "wrong" has ever tried to say the election was rigged, and their votes were changed to avoid their families receiving a bill for a bullet.
- whamlastxmas 3y agoI doubt anyone votes wrong, there's no open counter-culture in NK I've ever read about