• YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Quick Civics Lesson: A Representative Republic IS a form of democracy. Saying the United States isn’t a democracy is false.

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        1 year ago

        Oh no, think of the accuracy! Be blind to what your eyes see as long as you can cling to a definition you learned in grade school that was propaganda to begin with lmao.

        It’s like if a nail salon is a front for money laundering and I say “hey that nail salon is a front!” and the pedants come back with “ACK-shually, that is indeed a nail salon.” No fucking shit. It’s true purpose is a front, despite the fact that it functions as a nail salon AND a front.

        The US is functioning as intended, with a thin veneer of “democracy” to keep it “legitimate” in the eyes of the world.

        • DreamerOfImprobableDreams@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          You realize the right wing spends billions on spreading that exact propaganda line among the left, because every left-leaning person they manage to blackpill means one less vote against their candidates in the next election, right?