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minus-squaredemizerone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down2·4 months agoThis is true because we are not a democracy. We only pretend to be one.
minus-squareExatron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoWhich is a type of democracy.
minus-squarepositiveWHAT@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoYou’re a flawed democracy with an outdated election system. The FPTP one seat districts forces two party politics.
minus-squareMoneo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI hate this line of thinking so much. Flawed democracies are still democracies. Democracy isn’t a word that means “fair elections”.
minus-square20inmyhead@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoWhile that may be true, nothing will fix that in this upcoming election. Vote Biden, then set to work fixing our democracy. Popping up every four years and complain about the two party system, only to disappear afterwards is never going to solve the problem.
This is true because we are not a democracy. We only pretend to be one.
We’re a republic.
Which is a type of democracy.
You’re a flawed democracy with an outdated election system. The FPTP one seat districts forces two party politics.
I hate this line of thinking so much. Flawed democracies are still democracies. Democracy isn’t a word that means “fair elections”.
While that may be true, nothing will fix that in this upcoming election. Vote Biden, then set to work fixing our democracy.
Popping up every four years and complain about the two party system, only to disappear afterwards is never going to solve the problem.