Comment on Are Autocracies more powerful than Democracies?

• naught101@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  1. Fixed definitions for words do not exist. Language is constantly evolving.
  2. The US IS a representative democracy, and whether that’s actually functionally providing government by the people doesn’t really prevent this use of the term by a vast majority of people, whether you or I agree with it or not.
  3. In the context of the question, I think the US seems to fit more into the OP’s democracy category. I agree I’m using the term loosely, but does your terminology disagreement actually add anything?

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  • Amnesigenic@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    1. Incorrect, fixed definitions don’t stay fixed forever, that doesn’t mean they aren’t fixed right now. Words mean things, if a word changes meaning in a generation or two or five it’ll mean fuck all for you right here and now. 2.The US is not a democracy at all and never was. It was arguably at various points in time a representative republic, not a particularly good one but that’s not part of the definition. 3.I don’t care what you think, I know you’re using the term loosely that’s my point, fucking duh

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    • naught101@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You still haven’t clarified what you mean by it…

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• guy@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sure it does

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  • Amnesigenic@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wrong

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    • guy@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Are you 12?

      What is a 'reasonable definition' of democracy according to you?

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      • Amnesigenic@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        A 1 to 1 vote to citizen ratio that is the actual determining factor in decision making, the electoral college alone completely destroys any argument for the US being a democracy just by existing, and we’ve had that bullshit running since day one

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