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minus-squareRedPostItNote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoI’m currently watching capitalism in America bow to authoritarianism. I fail to see what you’re trying to say
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·3 days agoAmerica has always been authoritarian. You and I obey the authority of capital — who controls the state. US democracy has always been an illusion.
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·edit-23 days agoThat no system is perfect but one of them lasted centuries in multiple countries and one always failed within years, if not immediately. Also, US failing so hard is mostly the result of the two party system. That shit never really worked properly.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoThrow in gerrymandering, a first past the post primary system and the electoral college and you get we’re we are today. Sprinkle in a dose of Citizens United and the oligarchs get all the power the need/want.
I’m currently watching capitalism in America bow to authoritarianism. I fail to see what you’re trying to say
America has always been authoritarian. You and I obey the authority of capital — who controls the state. US democracy has always been an illusion.
That no system is perfect but one of them lasted centuries in multiple countries and one always failed within years, if not immediately.
Also, US failing so hard is mostly the result of the two party system. That shit never really worked properly.
Throw in gerrymandering, a first past the post primary system and the electoral college and you get we’re we are today.
Sprinkle in a dose of Citizens United and the oligarchs get all the power the need/want.
exactly