Topic: Now this, fora, is a true democracy
Anonymous A started this discussion 2 hours ago #134,272
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 2 hours ago, 16 minutes later[^] [v] #1,430,010
It’s crazy all of that is cuz one guy wrote a book.
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Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 hour ago, 28 minutes later, 45 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,430,015
thats populism
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 1 hour ago, 1 minute later, 47 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,430,016
@previous (C)
A 100% ethnically homogenous society. Isn’t it beautiful? No diversity. Everything is made domestically, they don’t have any trade with any countries, they don’t have any globalism. It’s the dream. Maybe someday Europe will wake up and realize they could learn a thing or two from the DPRK.
A 100% ethnically homogenous society. Isn’t it beautiful? No diversity. Everything is made domestically, they don’t have any trade with any countries, they don’t have any globalism. It’s the dream. Maybe someday Europe will wake up and realize they could learn a thing or two from the DPRK.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 56 minutes ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,430,032
Why do totalitarian governments often have the word Democratic in them?
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 52 minutes ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,430,033
@previous (E)
The same reason why the Chinese constitution guarantees the right to vote. They view democracy as an aesthetic.
The same reason why the Chinese constitution guarantees the right to vote. They view democracy as an aesthetic.
Anonymous F double-posted this 48 minutes ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,430,034
Just because you can vote in an election doesn’t mean your vote decides the outcome of the election. Ironically, in the US there’s an electoral college, but there are some state laws that dictate how electors must vote with the popular vote in most cases.
Anonymous F triple-posted this 45 minutes ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,430,035
In China though, you can vote for local officials, it’s just they’re all members of the communist party and to get to any higher level of government they need to be appointed by someone in a higher level of government. So it’s sort of like the most half assed attempt at democracy humanly possible to make the system look sort of legitimate if you squint hard enough.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 40 minutes ago, 5 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,430,036
The electoral college is ironic though because the original idea was that voters might make stupid decisions and vote for a populist who would be bad for the country so in theory the electors could elect someone else president other than who the American people voted for, but Trump lost the popular vote in 2016, so if it wasn’t for the electoral college he wouldn’t have been president. So it’s objectively a dumb system.
boof joined in and replied with this 34 minutes ago, 5 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,430,039
