• ???@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I don’t see how. Democracy states that people have power to rule usually through voting. If not all the people have this power equally, is it really a democracy? It can look like one but not necessarily be one.

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      3 months ago

      I think you’re making a values judgement instead of a logical one. No one was claiming the USA wasn’t a democracy when only male white land owners could vote. It was just a flawed society, but still a democracy.

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        3 months ago

        The USA?

        And no that was not a democracy either. Not even a flawed one. Just flat out undemocratic. Just like Israel.

        Feels like this “flawed democracy” stuff is just window dressing done by countries so they can maintain their undemocratic systems.