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[-] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 64 points 12 hours ago

USA is also a democracy

Is it though?

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago
[-] flandish@lemmy.world 19 points 10 hours ago

american here: it is not a democracy. also, FUCK ISRAEL

[-] Hayduke@lemmy.world 43 points 12 hours ago

It’s a plutocracy disguised as a democracy

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago
[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 7 points 8 hours ago

Technokleptoplutokakistocracy

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

I mean yeah, not wrong.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 hours ago

Those are not mutually exclusive. It's both.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

No one said it was mutually exclusive and technically "but yeah" is an agreement so what am I missing?

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

"but yeah" implies a correction to me.

[-] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 12 points 11 hours ago

It's a democracy where dollars are considered citizens and allowed to vote.

[-] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 10 points 10 hours ago

Where corporations are people and women are baby factories.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 hours ago

USA claims to be a democracy.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

It's a dysfunctional democracy. So it's absolutely not a good democracy.

[-] leoj@piefed.social 6 points 12 hours ago

I think the term is "contested democracy"

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 14 points 12 hours ago

yeah its more like a democracy in process of facist takeover. Its a grey area.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 hours ago
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