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[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Now? I wasn't aware they ever didn't.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

It's more like all pretense is gone now. Before, there was this veneer of legitimacy. Now, it's straight up fascism. It's a matter of image projection.

[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

More like the oligarchy now have 99% of the power rather than 98%.

The issue is that we believe we have a free democracy when the only power we have is to put an X in a box every few years. The system isn't broken, it's working as it's designed to.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

The issue is that we believe we have a free democracy when the only power we have is to put an X in a box every few years.

Right.