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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Imma bring up an example to maybe explain it easier. North Korea calls itself the "Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea". In their official understanding/rhetoric they have a democracy in which the administration acts in the interest of the people instead of a few bureaucratic elites. In reality it's the other way around. Now, if someone said "Look at what democracy does to a country!!11!", would you not object?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

God damn that is an excellent, concise refutation of his tired point. Definitely going to borrow that argument in the future

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

yeah.. the cognitive dissonance hurts