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Democracy is when only 14% of voters get to decide an entire election and the other 86% are functionally meaningless (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is based on 43 states being considered "non-negotiable" and "set in stone" while only 7 are considered "swing" states

Also consider I specified "voters", who are at best only 2/3 of the total population, which leaves out about 100 million extra people

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Hey still progress from the Roman Republic where 0,5% of citizens had opportunity to vote and onlt 10% of those really counted.

Oh, now i see that is the reason Usians always insist USA is a republic, not a democracy.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

and those aren't even exclusive terms. you can have democratic republics and undemocratic republics, as long as it's not a monarchy it's a republic afaik

I'm not sure "democratic" has any real content as state descriptor in the west anymore besides being a dogwhistle for (usually white) neoliberal governments dominated by markets

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m not sure “democratic” has any real content as state descriptor in the west anymore besides being a dogwhistle for (usually white) neoliberal governments dominated by markets

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey, it can mean something else too! GDR

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

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