• cuerdo@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    The truth is dead. There is no democracy, there is no politics. Just rich people throwing bones.

    USA is just an oligopoly.

        • athatet@lemmy.zip
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          2 hours ago

          It rhymes too well. Makes it easier to say. A good tongue teaser has similar sounds but not in a way that they rhyme.

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      9 hours ago

      Representative democracy is worthless anyways. It favors short term, short-sighted solutions to problems that require long term, sometimes painful corrections. But the party that implements such policies will be heavily punished as soon as the public feels that pain. So instead the public continues to vote in short-sighted but temporary joy seeking politicians.

      An epistocracy combined with a civic service model would be far better. To be able to vote you must demonstrate a baseline capability of intelligence and rational thought along with having performed civic service in some way. Otherwise you cannot vote and simply live life normally.