• @[email protected]OP
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    301 month ago

    ” The type of democracy where you have to support the abhorrent to keep out the truly monstrous and if you say you won’t, a bunch of self important liberals will pretend it’s all your fault and not the parade of geriatric ghouls the party has been nominating

    Yes, isn’t it terrible when democracy doesn’t agree with you? The only TRULY democratic society is one where those pesky proles listen to those who know what’s good for them, right?

    • @xePBMg9
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      101 month ago

      Democracy doesn’t work particularly well when the voters are uneducated or otherwise missinformed. That when the country starts doing things that are against its and its own citizens interest. Corruption, legal or otherwise, also contribute to making it disfunctional.

      • NaibofTabr
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        111 month ago

        Democracy doesn’t work particularly well when the voters are uneducated or otherwise missinformed

        This argument is the justification for the Electoral College.

        • Lath
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          61 month ago

          Really? I thought it was justification to reform and improve education.

      • @[email protected]OP
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        91 month ago

        Democracy doesn’t work particularly well when the voters are uneducated or otherwise missinformed.

        So we’re just coming out against democracy now when the proles aren’t on our side, are we? Great. Glad to see this brave new form of leftism.

    • @[email protected]
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      101 month ago

      Lol what?

      The only TRULY democratic society is one where those pesky proles listen to those who know what’s good for them, right?

      Isn’t this literally the message of the meme?

      • @[email protected]OP
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        121 month ago

        Isn’t this literally the message of the meme?

        No, and I don’t really know how you could come to that conclusion, since the meme doesn’t say anything about whether any given act or ideal is ‘true democracy’.

        • @[email protected]
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          131 month ago

          “If leftists don’t vote for Biden they are stupid”

          5 minutes later…

          “Wow why do you think I’m telling the proles how to vote?”

          • @[email protected]OP
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            171 month ago

            “If leftists don’t vote for Biden they are stupid”

            Yeah, if you allow fascism in order to stop a non-fascist government, you’re a fascist enabler.

            “Wow why do you think I’m telling the proles how to vote?”

            I didn’t realize pointing out consequences of losing a democratic election, and advocating voting for a candidate in that democratic election order to avoid those consequences, was anti-democratic. Thank you for teaching me this, O Great Leftist.

              • @[email protected]OP
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                151 month ago

                As a citizen, it’s my duty to speak out against what I feel are bad choices for the polity. I didn’t realize advocacy of voting for (or against) a specific candidate or issue through speech was so anti-democratic. I’m learning a lot from you today.

                • @[email protected]
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                  111 month ago

                  You’re really leaning into this idea that I’m saying you’re being anti democratic. I thought I was clear but here goes:

                  Having no choice but to vote for a genocide because of a two party system where both send bombs to Israel is not exactly democracy at it’s best.

                  Brow beating leftists who take issue with this is “telling the proles how to vote.”

                  These are two points. I hope that clears things up