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[โ€“] 13esq@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

More like the oligarchy now have 99% of the power rather than 98%.

The issue is that we believe we have a free democracy when the only power we have is to put an X in a box every few years. The system isn't broken, it's working as it's designed to.

[โ€“] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

The issue is that we believe we have a free democracy when the only power we have is to put an X in a box every few years.

Right.