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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

porky-happy

The capitalist class, Walter Lippmann, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Trilateral Commission’s The Crisis of Democracy would be proud (emphasis mine):

Al Smith once remarked that "the only cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy." Our analysis suggests that applying that cure at the present time could well be adding fuel to the flames. Instead, some of the problems of governance in the United States today stem from an excess of democracy […] Needed, instead, is a greater degree of moderation in democracy.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

Game theory would like a word.

Considering the smallest non-fragmented group has resulted in the current 2-party system in most western countries, and results in tribalistic xenophobia, I'm quite content stating democracy is not the egalitarianism it is purported to be.

And I quite resent the insinuation I'm a lapdog.