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Americans are slowly realizing they're living in a plutocracy (lemmy.ml)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/usa@lemmy.ml
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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Nobody is saying democracy itself is bad, but that democracy in the context of capitalism isn't really democratic. Socialist democracy works, and does so far better than democracy in capitalist systems at achieving results for the working classes. We expect democracy to work differently in socialism because this is observably true.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    How is it "observably true" that it "works differently in socialism"? Do you not still elect people to represent you in government? Do you not still vote on issues that matter in your community? Are you not still expected to participate in the process, in order for it to function? Do you not still use it to replace leaders that don't represent your views?

    Nothing about democracy itself, fundamentally changes, just because you call it "socialist democracy" instead of "capitalist democracy".

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    What changes is that society, rather than being run by capitalists and for capitalists, becomes run by the working classes, and the state acts in their interests. This is reflected in policy. You have a metaphysical way of thinking that sees systems as being capable of understanding devoid of the context they exist in, as static, and in a vacuum, ie an impossible fantasy.

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