TheLemming to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 11 months agoWhat is the biggest lie that you're still believing?NSFWmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down110
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the biggest lie that you're still believing?NSFWTheLemming to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 11 months agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-square@Raisin8659linkEnglish18•11 months 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-square@theshatterstone54@feddit.uklinkfedilink4•11 months agoCongratulations. You now understand politics.
minus-square@alokir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•11 months 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-square@Raisin8659linkEnglish3•11 months 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.