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minus-squarextr0n@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up89arrow-down4·8 days ago USA is also a democracy Is it though?
minus-squareHayduke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·8 days agoIt’s a plutocracy disguised as a democracy
minus-squarececilkorik@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·8 days agoIt’s a democracy where dollars are considered citizens and allowed to vote.
minus-squarebackalleycoyote@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·8 days agoWhere corporations are people and women are baby factories.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 days agoTechnokleptoplutokakistocracy
minus-squareResonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoGerontechnokleptoplugokakistocracy
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoNepogerontechnokleptoplutokakistocracy
minus-squareGumus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoPedonepogerontechnokleptoplutokakistocracy
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·8 days agoThose are not mutually exclusive. It’s both.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 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-up3·8 days ago“but yeah” implies a correction to me.
minus-squareflandish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down2·8 days agoamerican here: it is not a democracy. also, FUCK ISRAEL
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·8 days agoUSA claims to be a democracy.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·8 days agoIt’s a dysfunctional democracy. So it’s absolutely not a good democracy.
minus-squareleoj@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·8 days agoI think the term is “contested democracy”
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 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
I mean yeah, not wrong.
Gerontechnokleptoplugokakistocracy
Nepogerontechnokleptoplutokakistocracy
Pedonepogerontechnokleptoplutokakistocracy
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