▲ 1485 ▼ Thank you Tim Apple, who by the way is looking a little pudgy (sopuli.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by Gork@sopuli.xyz to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 155 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] donuts@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 child) If Trump would decide Apple "has to go", the US can stop pretending that they live in a democracy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago* (1 child) The US has pretty much never been a real democracy (other than in a roman sense, as in "power belongs to rich men"). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) In the Roman sense, it was never a democracy, in the sense that we vote for representatives, who then in turn vote on stuff for us. Er, I mean for the corporations. So you can see why this system is so prone to abuse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Every Western democracy votes for representatives, direct democracy isn't really a thing (except for partially in Switzerland). But many countries actually manages to represent the voters with their representatives, the US system definitely doesn't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mandrilleren@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I think you mean that many countries manage to let voters have i say along with all the other interestsgroups on the country, of which many are corporations. permalink fedilink source parent [+] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago* (1 child) The US has pretty much never been a real democracy (other than in a roman sense, as in "power belongs to rich men"). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) In the Roman sense, it was never a democracy, in the sense that we vote for representatives, who then in turn vote on stuff for us. Er, I mean for the corporations. So you can see why this system is so prone to abuse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Every Western democracy votes for representatives, direct democracy isn't really a thing (except for partially in Switzerland). But many countries actually manages to represent the voters with their representatives, the US system definitely doesn't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mandrilleren@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I think you mean that many countries manage to let voters have i say along with all the other interestsgroups on the country, of which many are corporations. permalink fedilink source parent [+] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) In the Roman sense, it was never a democracy, in the sense that we vote for representatives, who then in turn vote on stuff for us. Er, I mean for the corporations. So you can see why this system is so prone to abuse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Every Western democracy votes for representatives, direct democracy isn't really a thing (except for partially in Switzerland). But many countries actually manages to represent the voters with their representatives, the US system definitely doesn't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mandrilleren@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I think you mean that many countries manage to let voters have i say along with all the other interestsgroups on the country, of which many are corporations. permalink fedilink source parent [+] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Every Western democracy votes for representatives, direct democracy isn't really a thing (except for partially in Switzerland). But many countries actually manages to represent the voters with their representatives, the US system definitely doesn't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mandrilleren@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I think you mean that many countries manage to let voters have i say along with all the other interestsgroups on the country, of which many are corporations. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mandrilleren@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I think you mean that many countries manage to let voters have i say along with all the other interestsgroups on the country, of which many are corporations. permalink fedilink source parent
