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One in five Britons aged 18-45 prefer unelected leaders to democracy, poll finds
(www.theguardian.com)
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One in five Britons have never lived under a dictatorship and haven't got a fucking clue what they're wishing for.
They have lived under democracy and they aren’t exactly happy either.
The west doesn't have democracy. We have corporate plutocracy, where the majority of state and federal politicians are pre-screened, pre-approved, and financed by the wealthiest individuals/corporations, domestically.
Choosing which corporate whore gets elected isn't democracy.
These sort of poles are always stupid because people always answer them in daft ways. "Oh yeah of course I'd prefer a dictatorship that'd be swell"