Why The US Is Not A Democracy

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• JO

  @jorsh4934 · 3 years ago · pinned

  The New F Word is a banging series, definitely worth getting the curiosity stream bundle to watch it

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• PA

  @Parker402 · 3 years ago

  All you have to know to figure out  U.S is not a democracy is the fact that there's been 5 times in the history of U.S elections where a candidate wins the popular vote but does not become president

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• GL

  @Glenn_Ratcliffe · 3 years ago

  Aldous Huxley: "The perfect dictatorship would have the appearance of democracy, a prison without walls in which the prisoners would not dream of escape. A system of slavery where, through consumption and entertainment, slaves would love their servitude."

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• MA

  @masterofalltrades999 · 3 years ago

  "The function of a bourgeois democracy is to secure the consent of the masses to their own exploitation and oppression."

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• BR

  @brianshivak4892 · 3 years ago

  Can't be a democracy when politicians are "bought"

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• NO

  @NoahRamseysGhost · 3 years ago

  As someone who has worked in a worker cooperative, i can say that electing the boss was one of the greatest parts of the job. it meant they wouldn’t be shitty to us, we’re held accountable, and always managed the needs of the workers and actually listened to our grievances.

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• MA

  @masterofalltrades_ · 3 years ago

  The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them. - Julius Nyerere

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• JE

  @jeffs4483 · 3 years ago

  It's funny how people can think we are a Democracy of any kind, or even a Republic when we only have one of two parties to choose from, both that only represent the same Capitalist class.

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• OO

  @oodeuce6926 · 3 years ago

  “Your vote only helps pick which part of the wealthy population has a say”. This statement hit different

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• RI

  @RIPKabosu2000 · 3 years ago

  I'm saving to leave the US for a quality education. Being raised during no child left behind, I found very early on that the adults in my life have no clue what is going on inside schools. Then we have secretaries of education that never go into low income schools, and others who wish to privatize all education. It's disgusting.

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• CL

  @clemenceau_exe · 3 years ago

  "The perfect dictatorship is a camouflaged democracy. It may not seem to be a dictatorship, but it has all of the characteristics of a dictatorship; the perpetuation, not of one person, but of an irremovable party, a party that allows sufficient space for criticism, provided such criticism serves to maintain the appearance of a democratic party, but which suppresses by all means, including the worst, whatever criticism may threaten its perpetuation in power." - Mario Vargas Llosa, 1991

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• AT

  @atropatene3596 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Fun story about people not being able to govern themselves: I went to a toddler museum with my toddler. In the museum, they had made a small road, where the toddlers could ride tricycles. There was also a train track, with an overpass. One child could operate the train, two children to operate the bars for the overpass, and there were three tricycles. There were many toddlers there, and most of them didn&apos;t know any of the other kids. <br><br>My toddler didn&apos;t want to leave the area, so we spent quite some time there. You saw that whenever a parent was intervening, the children would do what said parent said. But at some moments, all the parents were the shutting up and watching, and the toddlers figured everything out by themselves. A child would be operating the train, and two others would queue on one side of the train, patiently waiting for their turn. The train operator would get out, let someone else have a turn and either queue for the train again or go do something else. Same for the tricycles. There was a an area where children were waiting for their turn. Other children would stop there, give their bike to someone else and then either requeue or go to one of the other activities. Whenever a child was taking too long to give someone else a turn, that child would be blocked from doing what they were doing by the queueing toddlers. <br><br>Freaking toddlers can do it. Why would they think adults can&apos;t.

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