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First RCS now this, today has been wild

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[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you really think any average citizen has any say in this whatsoever?

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yes. You're a democracy, right? Right?

[–] Nommer@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn’t that the point of your guns? Why are all these less free states more free?

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Nah, those are just so we can shoot nonwhite people and say we thought they had a gun

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

well, on paper also no, democracy don't exist with only two parties, and that is writed in paper

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

An electoral democracy, we choose those that make the laws. Due to the 2 party system we don't have many options for when they fail to do what they claim they will.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, we're a republic.

A true democracy would empower each of us to do as you say, but that's not what's here.

Our republic is quite corrupt due to greed and power, as well... Not as corrupt as many countries out there, mind you, but it's alot worse than it should be.

We're starting to resemble a corporatocracy in many ways these days as a result of all this.

[–] psud@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

'Republic' is about whether or not you have kings. Democracy is as opposed to autocracy, with a few other *cracys between those poles.

America is a democratic republic; the United Kingdom is a democratic monarchy. The US has a broken democratic system that does a really bad job of electing the most preferred candidate. It's almost cheeky to call America democratic.

[–] tch4ng@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Great America, land of the free

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Free to be shot at and advertised to

[–] psud@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Land of the fee and home of the slave