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How is that even a comparison? Governments are elected Edit: To Americans, fix your own democracy before you think the idea of democracy is broken.
by contagiousflow 2y ago
How is that even a comparison? Governments are elected
Edit: To Americans, fix your own democracy before you think the idea of democracy is broken.
- desumeku 2y agoIs that supposed to make a difference?
- contagiousflow 2y agoIn countries other than America it sure does...
- pjmorris 2y agoThat's what James Madison thought (see Federalist #51)
- afh1 2y agohttps://rintintin.colorado.edu/~vancecd/phil215/Nozick.pdf https://rintintin.colorado.edu/~vancecd/phil215/Nozick.pdf
- alabastervlog 2y agoWell. That sure was a libertarian who thought he had a point.
- contagiousflow 2y agoDemocracy: famous for never improving human rights and freedoms.
- lr4444lr 2y agoBy rational people who can think in nuance, and aren't influenced by big campaign spending?
- contagiousflow 2y agoSee countries outside of America for this.
- desumeku 2y agoYou mean countries like Romania, who had their election forcibly cancelled because the EU is scared of Russian social media posts, and Germany, who thinks that a man giving a speech and promoting a certain party is election interference?
- latentcall 2y agoLeon has tons of influence unfortunately all over, so yes it’s tantamount to interference. South African citizen shouldn’t have any say in politics outside of South Africa.
- desumeku 2y agoThis is literally totalitarianism. What the hell? I shouldn't be able to say that I support the AfD just because I don't live in Germany?
- contagiousflow 2y agoNo one's saying you can't. The equation changes when a foreign billionaire (and richest man in the world) is saying it.
- desumeku 2y agoIf you think democracy is threatened because someone pledges their public support for a specific party, then you don't actually believe in democracy.
- Nursie 2y ago> Romania, who had their election forcibly cancelled because the EU Well that’s wrong for a start. The election was cancelled by the Romanian constitutional court, not the EU.
- dapf 2y ago[dead]
- somelamer567 2y agoThe central tenet of techno-fascism / the hard alt-Right / the Dark Enlightenment, is that democracy itself is incompatible with "freedom" (as techno-fascists understand it).
- contagiousflow 2y agoAnd based on the replies, we're rapidly blazing down that path.
- nerdponx 2y agoThe idea that democracy is broken is a convenient piece of propaganda, promulgated by people who have something to gain by weakening the American government, whether that's financial or geopolitical.