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You're replying to someone from db0
Lemmy.ml is not the only place that believes the US isn't a democracy.
The US is an oligarchy. It's one of the things agreed by philosophers, including my teacher. The current controversy in the left surrounding the elections obviously proves this point.
If you think the oligarchs in America are the people up for a vote, you're completing misunderstanding what you're being told right now.
The candidates up for a vote represent the different oligarchs at feud.
I assume you're happy with the oligarch you got now?
I'm not saying the system works or rises to the level of good. I'm saying that it is much better than the Russian system. The people at least get to choose who they think they want, and which group of people will be whipped more.