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[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

It's a Republic because the wealthy knew the people would get it wrong and they needed representative government rather than democracy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Ostensibly. On paper.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not only does it have democracy, it also has socialism! You just have to be ultra rich or a mega corporation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

To be fair, subsidies aren't really Socialism. Socialism is more about who owns the Means of Production than it is who gets the benefits from the state.