• Justin@lemmy.jlh.name
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      17 days ago

      “sharing power” implies that non-plutocrats are not involved in the decision, i.e. implying elections are fake

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        17 days ago

        Did you just get radicalized? Yes they are basically fake.

        To quote Bill Hicks, sometimes the ship leans a little to the left and sometimes it leans a little to the right, but it’s still going the same direction.

        But now it’s going clear off to the right, which actually fucked with a lot of neoliberal agendas that they’ve been enacting for decades regardless of who was in office.

        And I hesitate to even call that a real election, even though the train went off the rails. Because I’m certain Musk and Trump stole it, as certain as I am that you just rolled your eyes about liberal conspiracy theories.

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        16 days ago

        Your conclusion is wrong, in that I didn’t say they’re fake, I said that they serve as a way for different mega wealthy people to take turns at serving their own interests. Which may be a synonym or not, depending on your perspective.

        But I did imply that non-plutocrats have zero sway in elections, because of how the system is stacked for the two parties because of many different aspects, but one of the obvious ones is just how much money you need to run a successful campaign.