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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml -5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The US is not a perfect democracy lol. I'd hardly even call it an imperfect one, atleast for the working class.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

he is the quote

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Did I misunderstand it? He is claiming that in a perfect democracy the leader would eventually be an idiot because the people are idiots no?

I'm claiming that thats a stupid fucking way to view society and that it isn't even close to being reflective of our reality.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml -1 points 6 days ago

Lotta scratched liberals around these days.