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Comment by soraminazuki

2 years ago

There are instead life destroying penalties being handed out to whistleblowers. What a world we live in.

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mistermann  2 years ago

The good thing is we live in a democracy - if we don't like it, we can fix it at the voting booth.

  • Forbo  2 years ago

    Gerrymandering, campaign finance, first past the post, and the electoral college have all ensured that my votes account for precisely fuck-all.

  • DarkNova6  2 years ago

    From a European perspective, I am most cautious in calling a two party system a proper democracy.

    It’s easy to game the system when there are only two sides to pay…

  • quantified  2 years ago

    No you can't. You only get to vote for the candidates on the ballot. And they'll get corrupted within a term, usually.

    • somenameforme  2 years ago

      GP is being ironic.

      That said, I also think things happen way before the first term. It requires consent of the Party to get on the ballot and hundreds of millions of dollars, increasingly trending towards billions, to run a campaign with a chance of winning, because in a democracy it's quite self evident that the person who spends the most money, must be the better person. Results don't lie!

      And on top of all of this, if you aren't shaping up to be who the Party wants, then the completely independent, free, and honest media will demonize you. And even if this doesn't destroy you in the eyes of your own supporters, it'll rile up your opponent's base enough as they race to vote (for somebody they also don't even particularly care for) because if they don't, then you might win! That cannot be allowed to happen as it would obviously be the literal end of the world.

      This is why it's ever more important for social media to be controlled, lest somebody angle-shoot around the traditional path to success - the media. If somebody's gaining traction on social media, then he's saying things that disagree with the powers that be. Since he's disagreeing with the powers that be, he is spreading misinformation by definition, so he must be censored. For our safety.

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