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[–] 2 points 6 days ago* (4 children)

What about this is hard to understand or answer in any way? People are dunking on him because of the opposite-- the question is so easy to answer that to think bringing it up is a good point is laughably naive.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    the question is so easy to answer

    :-/

    It is, but not for the reasons you're willing to stomach

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago* (2 children)

    It seems pretty obvious that two things are true:

    • The votes people make are used to determine who gets elected
    • People try very hard to influence how people vote

    That makes it fake how exactly? Surely a fake democracy would not have the first property?

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