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[–] lugal 20 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I'm so glad that I live outside the US. Not that we have good options but at least more than 2. I guess I would still vote for Biden but I wouldn't call it a democracy

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

And we never even get the chance to vote against capitalism. Or the status quo.

[–] lugal 4 points 7 months ago

Same here. That's why I said we have no good options either

[–] arin 6 points 7 months ago

If we had more options then it would be Bernie Sanders

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The US is mostly a democracy. It could be a full democracy if they got rid of the Electoral College, put in non-partisan election commissions (to prevent gerry-mandering) and had a formalized run-off system instead of a creaky old primary system. Their system is antiquated but it works most of the time, but the "mostly works" part of it means there's not a lot of pressure to make improvements so the US could be a democracy all of the time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Still wouldn't be truly democratic if the media institutions are owned by the ultra wealthy, and parties only in power by gaining support from the ultra wealthy. It would be better, and I do not oppose these fixes, but it wouldn't be complete.