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I have long since come to the conclusion that democracy as a power system is merely an excuse for the Powers That Be to obtain and maintain power, it just has b
by Dalewyn 2y ago
I have long since come to the conclusion that democracy as a power system is merely an excuse for the Powers That Be to obtain and maintain power, it just has better plausible deniability than other means like monarchies, dictatorships, etc. at the cost of not having fine-grained control.
Occasionally there are aberrations like Trump, which subsequently lead to the Powers That Be doing everything they can to make sure the vote is made "right".
- avmich 2y agoHow this theory would explain the changeability of Powers That Be, the fact that they regularly also lose the power?
- Dalewyn 2y agoThey're all just different heads of the same hydra. "Uniparty" might be a term you're familiar with. All the political catfighting is just kabuki theatre to give the notion power is changing hands.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoI'm pretty sure that the Powers That Be didn't want the Fair Labor Act, or the Clean Air Act, or the Pure Food and Drug Act, or a number of other things. They may not care who is president, but on issues that they do care about, they still take some losses.
- bombcar 2y agoLarge companies always fight against laws regulating them that didn't exist before; but once they exist they always fight for extending them so that new competitors can't arise. "Democracy doesn't effect much" is not the same as "it does nothing at all".
- oneshtein 2y ago> They're all just different heads of the same hydra. s/hydra/nation/
- pphysch 2y ago> they regularly also lose the power? TPTB aren't limited to one political party.
- kranke155 2y agoTrump was not outside the Powers that Be, he was just a different faction that won.