Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoit's weird that we are prepared to die for democracy, yet willingly enter dictatorships daily for work and spend the majority of our waking lives with people we vaguely knowmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down173
arrow-up1244arrow-down1message-squareit's weird that we are prepared to die for democracy, yet willingly enter dictatorships daily for work and spend the majority of our waking lives with people we vaguely knowBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square108fedilink
minus-squaretony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down2·1 year agoNot sure I’d die for democracy… it’s a popularity contest where 80 year old millionaires compete to see who looks best in a suit. Freedom, sure. But that’s not the same thing.
minus-squareBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoThat’s elections, democracy is a system of government by consent But I agree with the current state of US and UK politics, 2 party systems are only better because a 1 party system is even worse
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoYou’re describing a representational democracy. What do you think about direct democracy?
Not sure I’d die for democracy… it’s a popularity contest where 80 year old millionaires compete to see who looks best in a suit.
Freedom, sure. But that’s not the same thing.
That’s elections, democracy is a system of government by consent
But I agree with the current state of US and UK politics, 2 party systems are only better because a 1 party system is even worse
You’re describing a representational democracy. What do you think about direct democracy?