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minus-squarextr0n@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up87arrow-down4·2 days ago USA is also a democracy Is it though?
minus-squareHayduke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·2 days agoIt’s a plutocracy disguised as a democracy
minus-squarececilkorik@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agoIt’s a democracy where dollars are considered citizens and allowed to vote.
minus-squarebackalleycoyote@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 days agoWhere corporations are people and women are baby factories.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoTechnokleptoplutokakistocracy
minus-squareResonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoGerontechnokleptoplugokakistocracy
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoNepogerontechnokleptoplutokakistocracy
minus-squareGumus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoPedonepogerontechnokleptoplutokakistocracy
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoThose are not mutually exclusive. It’s both.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoNo one said it was mutually exclusive and technically “but yeah” is an agreement so what am I missing?
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days ago“but yeah” implies a correction to me.
minus-squareflandish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down2·2 days agoamerican here: it is not a democracy. also, FUCK ISRAEL
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoUSA claims to be a democracy.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 days agoIt’s a dysfunctional democracy. So it’s absolutely not a good democracy.
minus-squareleoj@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoI think the term is “contested democracy”
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoyeah its more like a democracy in process of facist takeover. Its a grey area.
Is it though?
It’s a plutocracy disguised as a democracy
It’s a democracy where dollars are considered citizens and allowed to vote.
Where corporations are people and women are baby factories.
Kakistocracy but yeah.
Technokleptoplutokakistocracy
Gerontechnokleptoplugokakistocracy
Nepogerontechnokleptoplutokakistocracy
Pedonepogerontechnokleptoplutokakistocracy
I mean yeah, not wrong.
Those are not mutually exclusive. It’s both.
No one said it was mutually exclusive and technically “but yeah” is an agreement so what am I missing?
“but yeah” implies a correction to me.
american here: it is not a democracy. also, FUCK ISRAEL
USA claims to be a democracy.
It’s a dysfunctional democracy. So it’s absolutely not a good democracy.
I think the term is “contested democracy”
yeah its more like a democracy in process of facist takeover. Its a grey area.
A brown area.
Democrazy