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SPRUNT@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoDemocracy is supposed to be that, but the citizenry doesn’t participate like they should so it devolves to where things are now.
EffortlessGrace@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
Because the citizenry are disempowered, they have delegated their social obligations to institutions to handle it for them and thus hold no stake in what happens.
They view the result of politics as something that happens to them rather than something they influence, and frankly they’re right. We elect representatives who maybe hold one or two values we want, yet constantly act out of our own interests.
The only true democracy that can last is a direct democracy where everyone votes on the issues they want too.