Amnesigenic

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[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours ago

Learn to read dipshit

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If your representatives aren't in any way obligated to vote in accord with the wishes or best interests of the people they represent then it's definitely not any kind of democracy

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

There are exactly zero people "calling everyone nazis", this is not a real problem

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

A 1 to 1 vote to citizen ratio that is the actual determining factor in decision making, the electoral college alone completely destroys any argument for the US being a democracy just by existing, and we've had that bullshit running since day one

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)
  1. Incorrect, fixed definitions don't stay fixed forever, that doesn't mean they aren't fixed right now. Words mean things, if a word changes meaning in a generation or two or five it'll mean fuck all for you right here and now.

  2. The US is not a democracy at all and never was. It was arguably at various points in time a representative republic, not a particularly good one but that's not part of the definition.

  3. I don't care what you think, I know you're using the term loosely that's my point, fucking duh

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (5 children)
[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Literally all communication depends on how you define the terms you use, that's the whole point of having fixed definitions for words, and the US absolutely does not fit any reasonable definition of a democracy

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It's a statement of fact, you're just butthurt because it's a fact that completely destroys your delusional bootstraps bullshit

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (13 children)

The US has never been a democracy, we've never been a particularly equitable representative republic either and our government was designed this way on purpose

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

If you don't have a position on genocide then you're a bad person, maybe not as bad as people who actively support genocide but that's a fantastically low bar to clear and you should still be ashamed

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Cry about it hasbara

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