▲ 216 ▼ J.D. Vance Is Silicon Valley’s Trojan Horse in Its War on What’s Left of American Democracy (indypendent.org) submitted 2 years ago by Five@slrpnk.net to c/politics@lemmy.world 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Zeke@fedia.io 17 points 2 years ago Democracy only fails if we stop fighting for it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] catch22@startrek.website 9 points 2 years ago These animals have no morals and will use any trick they can think of. But I think you're right, people will fight on and part of that is stopping people from becoming disheartened. I don't think true democracy has ever been achieved, where all people have a say in how society operates. So it is, fundamentally, a never ending story. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bestagon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago This country’s democracy has been optimized to benefit a privileged few, the failure has been going on for longer than I’ve been around. We fight fascists for our lives, don’t let some nebulous country rock nonsense about democracy obscure that. It’s not the government that’s worth saving, it’s the people permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zeke@fedia.io 17 points 2 years ago Democracy only fails if we stop fighting for it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] catch22@startrek.website 9 points 2 years ago These animals have no morals and will use any trick they can think of. But I think you're right, people will fight on and part of that is stopping people from becoming disheartened. I don't think true democracy has ever been achieved, where all people have a say in how society operates. So it is, fundamentally, a never ending story. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bestagon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago This country’s democracy has been optimized to benefit a privileged few, the failure has been going on for longer than I’ve been around. We fight fascists for our lives, don’t let some nebulous country rock nonsense about democracy obscure that. It’s not the government that’s worth saving, it’s the people permalink fedilink source parent