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minus-squareOpenStars@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 hours agoWhat’s odd about today’s “democracy” is how increasingly little government itself matters, next to corporations that are stronger than nations.
minus-squareKalysta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoGovernment could choose to reign these corporations in, but the money the give officials makes them choose not too
minus-squareOpenStars@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·55 minutes agoRight, so whether they “can’t” or simply “won’t”, either way they don’t, and the problem just grows and grows with no bounds.
minus-squareBarbarian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 hours agoCyberpunk was supposed to be fiction, not a blueprint :(
minus-squarei_love_FFT@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoIt’s like democracy is the least bad system… A well crafted political system is one that stays uncorrupted the longest (or can recover less violently from corruption).
What’s odd about today’s “democracy” is how increasingly little government itself matters, next to corporations that are stronger than nations.
Government could choose to reign these corporations in, but the money the give officials makes them choose not too
Right, so whether they “can’t” or simply “won’t”, either way they don’t, and the problem just grows and grows with no bounds.
Cyberpunk was supposed to be fiction, not a blueprint :(
It’s like democracy is the least bad system…
A well crafted political system is one that stays uncorrupted the longest (or can recover less violently from corruption).