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minus-squareinlandempire@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoI’m glad you don’t, what I mean is that for a lot of people, participating in a democracy rarely goes beyond voting every cycle, even if they do other actions that can be considered participation to democracy
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days ago for a lot of people, participating in a democracy rarely goes beyond voting every cycle The modern political system doesn’t offer many opportunities to interact with the government outside of the electoral cycle. But that doesn’t constrain your politics, because people routinely organize outside the scope of government anyway.
I’m glad you don’t, what I mean is that for a lot of people, participating in a democracy rarely goes beyond voting every cycle, even if they do other actions that can be considered participation to democracy
The modern political system doesn’t offer many opportunities to interact with the government outside of the electoral cycle.
But that doesn’t constrain your politics, because people routinely organize outside the scope of government anyway.