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lemmy.ml and anti-democratic meme? surprised not
why is this anti democratic again?
it creates biased impression that democracy is generally like this. it's like showing that ussr sucked, so any leftist ideology must sucks too
That's not how I read it... it's not really democracy if the guy being voted for is lying to the voters without repercussion (thus obstructing the voters' right to make an informed decision) so they can get into office and do things they know the voters wouldn't have voted for. That's anti-democratic in itself. This meme isn't saying democracy bad, it's saying that what we have now isn't a democracy.