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  • aesthelete@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldOh Joe...
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    6 days ago

    Flawed democracy is still democracy

    Not voting at all for your leadership isn’t democracy.

    It has nothing to do with flaws, of course countries have flaws.

    If Trump manages to turn the country into full on dictatorship I’d acknowledge that as what it is, instead of pretending that it’s a flourishing democracy.

    Besides all of this, China hasn’t even gotten rid of capitalism anyway. So they’re not only a dictatorship but they’re also practically a fascist one with worker aesthetics.

    Half of the shit we buy in America is made in China by wage slaves who cannot advocate for themselves under threat of being carried off to jail or executed.











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    Why not? Why do you say Socialist countries aren’t democratic?

    What countries are you counting?

    The former USSR, China, Cuba, North Korea, and on and on do not hold elections.

    The northern European (and other socialist-lite countries) that are closer to what I would want for America didn’t abolish capitalism… So…


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    He does, did, and I linked the sources.

    You’re right, he does have a prescription…it’s just one that doesn’t work in practice despite being tried over and over again for more than a century at this point.

    Capitalism cannot be truly democratic, only Socialism can be.

    Sure seems like this country at least gets a say in voting for who runs it, unlike many, many socialist examples (with great reading scores! yay!) where they are not only not doing that, but it is prohibited structurally (or behind the scenes through radioactive tea administration).

    Also, don’t bend my ear with all the grand achievements of socialist countries that are decidedly not democratic and then pay lip service to democracy.