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Uh, in the US I can (still) criticize and mock the people running things. That's pretty important to me.
by davidw 1y ago
Uh, in the US I can (still) criticize and mock the people running things. That's pretty important to me.
- NoGravitas 1y agoEven when criticizing and mocking the people running things doesn't have any effect? The point of free speech was supposed to be that you'd be able to make material changes in your living conditions and government policies by convincing people that they should be made. That's not really true anymore for anyone in the US except the very, very wealthy. But don't take my word for it: https://archive.org/details/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc https://archive.org/details/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_th... What would happen if we took a more consequentialist look at democracy rather than caring mainly about the forms?