• Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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    30 days ago

    America is only a very small bit democratic. Calling it a democracy is a ridiculous exaggeration. But you’re right that American voters are still clowns for not bothering to use the little bit of power they had.

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      30 days ago

      i was referring to voters in my own country (india), but i guess point is universally applicable to all democracies?

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        30 days ago

        We have 7 “presidents” exactly to mitigate a one time fuckup. We definitely have 1 to 3 not very good people there, but since they are 7 and they all have to be in consensus if they do decisions, it is not as bad.