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> The US is not a functioning democracy and therefore effectively not a democracy at all, either. It's a weird statement because you are jumping from a descri
by cassepipe 1y ago
> The US is not a functioning democracy and therefore effectively not a democracy at all, either.
It's a weird statement because you are jumping from a descriptive statement ("not a functioning democracy") to a normative one (if it's not at least 80% democratic then I have decided that it's not a democracy)
I am getting too old not to notice such rhetorical tricks. Do better.
- soulofmischief 1y agoIt's not a rhetorical trick, and I would appreciate the benefit of the doubt. I just didn't feel like writing a larger comment. The US is 100% not a functioning democracy, and whether something is a thing if it does not function as a thing is actually a deep philosophical argument that goes back thousands of years. Is a chair a chair if it functions as a chair, or simply if I call it a chair? Can a chair which one cannot use as a chair still be a chair? As you can see, I have an opinion on this, at least in this context, but I am not trying to convince anyone else to share this view. However, it is my view and I used it to advance my argument.