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[–] 3 points 1 month ago (7 children)

We don't live in a democracy. Did we ever?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    No. It's always just been rich people controlling things.

    Hell, the revolutionary war was largely about the rich not wanting to pay taxes.

    If they wanted a true democracy we wouldn't have the EC.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    1000%

    Also the Senate, which is about as democratic as a house of lords.

    A Wyoming voter has seventy times more voting power in the Senate than a Californian.

    People vote, not states, not corporations.

    One person, one vote is the most fundamental democratic principle imaginable, and we don't have that.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    LMAO, I keep saying the same thing up here in WA state where it's "As Blue" as California now. Yet somehow the last few initiatives to pass (Heh, democracy!) have been stricken down by the courts (who I thought were supposed to be non-partisan?)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Right here with you.

    Emily Randall, my new congressperson, revealed she was a Zionist only on the eve of her election.

    All my Dem state reps voted against the millionaires tax after saying nothing on it prior, ever.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    What was stricken down was the natural gas initiative and it was struck because initiatives are supposed to tackle one issue, not multiple. It was Let's Go Washington and Heywood's fault for not properly writing the initiative and trying to trick voters.

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