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[+] 204 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (60 children)
  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (59 children)

    Really? Seems like we had a peaceful transition of power just this year.

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  • [–] 89 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    We peacefully transitioned into a technocracy with a wanna-be dictator idiot at the helm.

    As an exercise for anyone reading this who doesn't already know: How did Hitler got into a position of power? Look that up, don't use AI, actually check up on that yourself.

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  • [–] 54 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Technically the Nazis lost that election, but the Conservatives who won turned around and handed power to Hitler, all to prevent the Left from gaining power.

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  • [–] 73 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Alien school: For todays class we will begin Earth history, please open your text book titled "Earth: All to Prevent the Left From Gaining Power." This book covers the vast majority of Earth history.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    That's not how elections work here. There is not really a "winner" in elections unless someone gets an absolute majority, which is almost never. Parties form a coalition to have a majority together.

    That's how it is nowadays, but I think the old system had coalitions too.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Just a dictionary thing, Technocracy != tech bro president:

    Government by technical specialists.

    A system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise. A type of meritocracy based on people's ability and knowledge in a given area.

    When you call someone a technocrat, it means they're more interested in research and quality than political debate

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    The US has purportedly been a technocracy for a few decades now. The second election of Trump will likely mark the end of the technocracy and the official start of something worse....kakistocracy, full blown oligarchy, kleptocracy, pick whatever word you want.

    The administrative state -- the exact thing Elon and his doge goons are targeting -- is the home of the technocrats.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago (16 children)

    I would assume most monarchies transitioned just as peaceful. What does that prove?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Every 4-8 years to all elected opponent?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I mean, term limits don't make a democracy and there have been elective monarchies.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The Vatican is an elective absolute monarchy.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    The only party willing to accept defeat and not cry foul until their cult riots lost. It will never happen the other way around are you'd have be to a deeply vastly empty head to not know that.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    Degree of democracy has more to do with the size of the ruling coalition relative to the size of the pool of the interchangeables. When power is shared within a large ruling coalition, there tends to be a louder and more influential voice by the interchangeables, leading to more democracy and better living conditions for everyone, including those in the losing coalition. Autocracies on the ruling spectrum tend to have tiny ruling coalitions.

    Source: my memory of reading The Dictator's Handbook by Bueno de Mesquita and Smith. Highly recommended reading.

    If the ruling coalition of the US is much smaller than it appears to be, then yeah, it's at risk of losing its foothold as a democracy.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    How many eligible voters abstained?

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  • [+] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)
  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Unfortunately the system is fucked.

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  • [+] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    How long is the voting window? Is it like 9-5?

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  • [+] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Also factor in that a lot of folks abstained because they know their state is already blue or red, and at least, in the swing state I live in, the turnout was actually very high.

    I see your points overall but this one seems meaningless to me. This is the kind of apathy that got you here. Even if they're guaranteed to win any percentage of voters they lose is ideally one they'll appeal to next time.

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