• Bullerfar@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    So the People of a democratic society doesn’t bear any responsibility of what they choose to vote for? May I remind you, that being a democratic government is one of the first requirements to ever get into the EU, which is why turkey forinstance, struggles. I know a lot of young People from poland, hungary, Slovenia and Bulgaria, that we have a lot in common with, and hate their current government. Doesn’t mean Jack shit, when it’s the 60% boomer voters who decides the path of your country. That is how democracy works. It’s the majority that gets to choose if your country is pro russian, or pro EU.

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      10 days ago

      Authoritarians taking control of the government is a baked in feature of capitalism. Maybe you think your country is so exceptional that it will never happen to you. That’s what they all think before The Fall.

    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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      10 days ago

      There are zero democratic countries on this planet. Governments almost never enact policy that their voters want if that policy conflicts with the interests of rich people. That is a general fact, scientifically proven in multiple EU countries. The influence voters have over what their government does is very minimal and only impacts surface level things. Real change only comes through direct imdividual action and the threat of guillotines.