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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We're not an ideal democracy, but the people still vote on public positions so yeah we're a democracy

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We're a very reformed undemocratic settler-colonial state and those reforms have attempted to make the US more democratic over the centuries, but we haven't come that far from the founding when elections were just a way to survey the wants and needs of white male property owners. Much like Israel, calling this is a "democracy" is an insult to all the people whose votes don't count, or count for less, aren't allowed to vote at all, or votes get thrown out because of some procedural bullshit that overrides their democratic will.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're not wrong in spirit but you're still wrong on the terminology. We are a democracy, it could just use more improvements.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if you consider Russia a democracy.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

tbh I don't think about Russia at all

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, think about it.

Is it a democracy?

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Ok fair enough actually