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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 43 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Political philosophers in the year 300 BC:

"Hey, so electoralism is a rigged game, because only wealthy and prestigious families have enough money to finance the popularity contest to get themselves or their puppet candidates elected."

Marxists in the 1800s, with the rise of representative governments:

"Hey, this system is proving to be the safest shell for capitalist rule, because wealthy capitalists are able to stack every election to get their puppets elected, and people have the illusion that they live in democracies"

Goldfish-brained liberals in the 2020s:

"Electoralism is gonna work this time, we just didn't vote hard enough before!"