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It is often possible to simply ignore the power games. No need to depose them if they're rulers of nothing.
by wizzwizz4 2y ago
It is often possible to simply ignore the power games. No need to depose them if they're rulers of nothing.
- immibis 2y agoThis is a good plan when switching away is trivial. When they're in charge of something like a supermarket and they have sufficient competition. If the supermarket manager's an asshole, shop across the street and let it fail. It doesn't work when they're singular entities. If the president is a massive asshole your options are to flee the country, lick his asshole, get permanently imprisoned, or treat it like a guerilla civil war and live in hiding. (As a consequence we invented democracy, which is supposed to prevent those people becoming president. But the 0days in democracy are not being patched.)
- grafmax 2y agoThe reason for democracy’s failure is the concentration of power that comes from wealth inequality. This lets a minority use their money to disproportionately influence the democratic process in their favor.