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Democracy is when only 14% of voters get to decide an entire election and the other 86% are functionally meaningless (hexbear.net)
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This is based on 43 states being considered "non-negotiable" and "set in stone" while only 7 are considered "swing" states

Also consider I specified "voters", who are at best only 2/3 of the total population, which leaves out about 100 million extra people

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m not sure “democratic” has any real content as state descriptor in the west anymore besides being a dogwhistle for (usually white) neoliberal governments dominated by markets

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hey, it can mean something else too! GDR

[–] Aru@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 3 months ago

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