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illi@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Democracy really is the worst form of government, just not as bad as all the others…

Unfortunately in such polarized times like now, even though majority wants this, the ammount of people for which this is unacceptable is only slightly less than “the majority”. And besides, I believe a big part of “the majority” is just gullible enough to be persuaded they want this while it actually goes against their interests

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where_am_i@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
And if the other candidate won, the other half would’ve been in the same state of “this is unacceptable”. Solutions?

Cuz lemmy seems to think if their party wins it’s all good and if the other wins it’s the end of the world. While in reality it seems there’s a 50-50 split with each side equally hating the other.

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- illi@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It is the limitation of democracy and why it is the worst (except all the others) - because it allows this.
  
  How to fix this? These would be a good start: don’t polarize the society like this and create us vs. them mentality. In place of power hungry populists have people in charge who want the best for the country. Don’t enable fascists - they never should make it this far. Respect other people. Invest in education so people understand these basics.
  
  And this is not just about US. It’s scary that this is wherr us got because they are such a big player on the world stage
  
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  - where_am_i@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    The whole lemmy has been essentially about “us vs them” for the last few months. With zero discourse tolerated, only one opinion being allowed: trump bad, republicans fascist.
    
    So, if you worry about polarization, you guys are the biggest echo chamber I’ve seen to date.
    
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Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Something can not be the worst and just not as bad as the others.

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- Hugin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It’s a famous quote. The contradiction is intentional. It means democracy has a lot of problems and often looks terrible. However when you step back and consider the alternatives they are worse.
  
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- illi@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Take it up with Winston Churchil - I was just paraphrasing his quote.
  
  The point is democracy is terrible, but we don’t have anything better.
  
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