Political Memes

5402 readers

5136 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civil

Jokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformation

Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memes

Random pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotion

Follow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

779

The one we needed... (lemmy.world)

submitted 21 hours ago by return2ozma to c/politicalmemes

54 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] RubicTopaz 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

He would actually advance working class interests though, and all billionaire/corporate funding to the Democrats would be cut off as a result; Dems wouldn't let that happen.

That's the point of liberal "democracies" after all: keeping capitalists in power.

Get organized, that excuse of a democracy won't save you.

[–] NeilBru 1 points 22 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes ago) (2 children)

So instead of democracy, then what, in your opinion?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 1 points 12 minutes ago

You need a congealed working class before you can have a democracy. Right now, we have a fractured and alienated working class, so all we get are the motions.

Gigantic voting districts where elected officials are lucky to know one constituent in 10,000.
Systematic disenfranchisement of young voters, poc, and the internally displaced.
Strict limits placed on individual bureaucrats who must pander to the broadly empowered private business interests.
A fully captured court system that can tip the scales of an election.
No regional autonomy. No public civil defense. No guarantee of political education. No right to free association of labor.

How do you engage with a democracy on those terms? What democracy is there to engage with? An election that is simply another consumer choice isn't democratic. You still have no control over what you're being offered and no participation on how the system is administered.