• SorryQuick@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      Is any other country a democracy? I thought for it to be a democracy you needed “everyone” to vote for every law rather than electing representatives.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        You’re thinking of a direct democracy. The modern term is a catch all for everything from that to limited democracies that require things like land ownership to vote.

    • Optional@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 months ago

      You’re foolin’ yourself. We’re living in a dictatorship! And how’d we get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.