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Some people are losing faith in the democratic process but that’s largely because they’ve been fed lies by people like Farage and Johnson who’ve promised them t
by youngtaff 1y ago
Some people are losing faith in the democratic process but that’s largely because they’ve been fed lies by people like Farage and Johnson who’ve promised them things that cannot be delivered
- A_D_E_P_T 1y agoPeople these days tend to simply vote against the status quo. Remember "zero seats"? And that's exactly how Trump got elected in the first place -- and then re-elected after a four-year interregnum. But scratch the surface and all mainstream political parties only offer a continuation or intensification of the status quo.
- youngtaff 1y agoWhat are ‘zero seats’? I’m in the UK so don’t understand the context