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

I really care. Without democracy, people like me and the people I care about are going to end up in death camps. American prisons are probably where it will happen. Once Republicans ram through the death penalty everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (12 children)

How exactly has the democracy prevented that? The American 'democracy' has overseen many genocides in its past, I don't see this as a deviation from form. I've pretty sure I'd be on the chopping block too, but the key distinction is I'm not putting my faith in voting as a preventative measure for that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Non-violent means to prevent violence should be cherished. It's true, the US committed genocide against Native Americans. That is obviously morally wrong. We haven't been doing that in the 20th or 21st centuries though.

How exactly has the democracy prevented that? Elected politicians are beholden to the people, so they can't go around killing all of their voters.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's true, the US committed genocide against Native Americans. That is obviously morally wrong. We haven't been doing that in the 20th or 21st centuries though.

The US has committed genocidal war against Koreans and Vietnamese and Afghans and Iraqis among others in the 20th and 21st centuries.

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