TheLemming@feddit.de to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat is the biggest lie that you're still believing?NSFWmessage-squaremessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down110
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the biggest lie that you're still believing?NSFWTheLemming@feddit.de to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareRaisin8659@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoWell, not that I believe in it. Representative democracy. It’s like, we have the right to elect representatives, who seem to more often than not represent corporate/money interests, not really the interest of the majority.
minus-squaretheshatterstone54linkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoCongratulations. You now understand politics.
minus-squarealokir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIt’s just like every other political or economic system that we tried so far. Sounds great in theory, in practice not so much.
minus-squareRaisin8659@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYou know of a good read on the Swiss? They have elements of direct democracies. I wonder how that does.
Well, not that I believe in it. Representative democracy. It’s like, we have the right to elect representatives, who seem to more often than not represent corporate/money interests, not really the interest of the majority.
Congratulations. You now understand politics.
It’s just like every other political or economic system that we tried so far. Sounds great in theory, in practice not so much.
You know of a good read on the Swiss? They have elements of direct democracies. I wonder how that does.