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Well, I feel like I vote, and I do so based on my principles, and my assessment of which candidate I feel like best fits the vision of what I want from government. If everyone did that, it sounds like democracy to me. Only if everyone actually can do that, and if everybody's vote counts equally. It...

Meadmaker wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 11:00 amBased on that description, I would rather live here.

In a binary choice between America and Bolivia? Fuck yeah.

Meadmaker wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 11:00 amI believe the US is more democratic than Bolivia.

This is not a high bar.

Meadmaker wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 6:54 amIs it bad enough to say that we aren't a democracy, because some people 250 or so years ago came up with a system that has some cracks today? I'm not seeing it.

"Some cracks" doesn't even begin to describe the problems with American "democracy".

as far as i know, our electoral process is particularly non-democratic compared to other modern democracies. the electoral college sux; gerrymandering and redistricting; vote on a work day, not a day off; no rank choice or mandatory voting like Australia...our process weeds out the will of the peop...

Here in America, the poor can rise to the top, though, and the rich aren't automatically able to gain political power. True, anybody can get political power if they can raise enough money . The candidate with the biggest war chest wins. The money doesn't necessarily have to be your own, as long as ...

It surprises me that anyone can think that America is a democracy. It isn't. America is a plutocracy wearing a democracy's shirt, and not a very clean one at that.

stanky wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 5:28 am that ship has already sailed, imho.
all he can purge is individuals. the institutions remain, as do the fired people. they aren't killed.

Unless he decides to kill them because the Supreme Court has decided that he has absolute immunity to any crime committed while he is President.

You think Trump's revenge fantasies are pointless ? Oh my friend - they have a point. A really fucking big point. They are the purge that precedes him declaring himself dictator. Get rid of your enemies and there will be nobody to stop you seizing ultimate power, which is what all his rhetoric about...

stanky wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 8:26 pm

grayman wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 9:46 am Time interview with Trump and his plans once in office.

Christ we're fucked if he returns and has his way.

https://time.com/6972022/donald-trump-t ... -election/

no worries.
we're fucked regardless.

True, but not as fucked as you will be if you elect that fucker.

stanky wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 8:44 pm Harvey Weinstein gets off.

Yeah, that was the problem.