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minus-squaredansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-27 days agoThats not democracy. Democracy is rule by the people. You mean ‘electoral representative democracy’ which you describe accurately. Other kinds do exist. Not that any of thrm are allowed or americans believe they exist.
minus-squarenimpnin@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 days agoWe should go back to sortition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
minus-squareA404@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoBut what if someone with bad intentions gets choosen?
minus-squarenimpnin@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoOne person does not make decisions, that one person would need to convince everybody else who got selected.
minus-squarewhiskers165 [she/her, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoYou say it’s not democracy in one breathe and then in the next you say it’s “[adjective] [adjective] democracy” which makes it sound a lot like it actually is democracy
minus-squaredansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoCalled thqt, not the rhing in practice.
Thats not democracy. Democracy is rule by the people.
You mean ‘electoral representative democracy’ which you describe accurately. Other kinds do exist.
Not that any of thrm are allowed or americans believe they exist.
We should go back to sortition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
But what if someone with bad intentions gets choosen?
One person does not make decisions, that one person would need to convince everybody else who got selected.
You say it’s not democracy in one breathe and then in the next you say it’s “[adjective] [adjective] democracy” which makes it sound a lot like it actually is democracy
Called thqt, not the rhing in practice.