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Hexbear admin just sent me this. lol. lmao even. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Here in the US, the people rule. Since socialist policies are in the interest of the people, they will want to vote for politicians who support socialist policies.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Here in the US, the people rule.

This is literally objectively not true:

https://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/princeton-experts-say-us-no-longer-democracy

The US is not, and has never been, a democracy, because the people do not direct the actions of the government except on the margins. There is no democratic input on imperialism or capitalism. Those are invariate, and the system is designed to protect those from public influence.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's crazy to see a far left news source be used to try to convince people that the US has never been a democracy.

We have always been a democracy and we thankfully still are a democracy. We are in danger of losing our democracy to fascism however. If we don't fix the flaws in our democratic institutions we will end up in a fascist dictatorship.

I am well aware we are circling the fascist drain. I also know that the modern neoliberalism movement started by Regan and Thatcher is how we got here.