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[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 86 points 1 month ago (6 children)

USA is also a democracy

Is it though?

[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 63 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It’s a plutocracy disguised as a democracy

[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's a democracy where dollars are considered citizens and allowed to vote.

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 18 points 1 month ago

Where corporations are people and women are baby factories.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Technokleptoplutokakistocracy

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I mean yeah, not wrong.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Gerontechnokleptoplugokakistocracy

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Nepogerontechnokleptoplutokakistocracy

[–] Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 weeks ago

Pedonepogerontechnokleptoplutokakistocracy

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those are not mutually exclusive. It's both.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No one said it was mutually exclusive and technically "but yeah" is an agreement so what am I missing?

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

"but yeah" implies a correction to me.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

american here: it is not a democracy. also, FUCK ISRAEL

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago

USA claims to be a democracy.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

It's a dysfunctional democracy. So it's absolutely not a good democracy.

[–] leoj@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the term is "contested democracy"

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yeah its more like a democracy in process of facist takeover. Its a grey area.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago