SaltyAmerican@lemmy.world to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.world · 7 days agoThey prevent liberation by selling you back your chains with populous rhetoric and sloganslemmy.worldimagemessage-square242linkfedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down146
arrow-up1214arrow-down1imageThey prevent liberation by selling you back your chains with populous rhetoric and sloganslemmy.worldSaltyAmerican@lemmy.world to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square242linkfedilink
minus-squareAniki@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down3·6 days agothe actual mistake of politics is that we have given in to vibes-based voting instead of actually looking at policy proposals and commenting on those.
minus-squarecraftrabbit@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 days agoYes, there’s a lot of with us or against us instead of does this policy make people’s lives better?
minus-squareuberfreeza@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 days agoIt’s how states get representatives like NC and Tricia Cotham, who ran as a progressive then just switched her entire platform once elected.
minus-squareNapster153@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoDemocracy is the people, and the people are for their emotional validation. Didn’t the ancient greeks point out the exact same problem and basically outlined the cycle of falls?
the actual mistake of politics is that we have given in to vibes-based voting instead of actually looking at policy proposals and commenting on those.
Yes, there’s a lot of with us or against us instead of does this policy make people’s lives better?
It’s how states get representatives like NC and Tricia Cotham, who ran as a progressive then just switched her entire platform once elected.
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Democracy is the people, and the people are for their emotional validation.
Didn’t the ancient greeks point out the exact same problem and basically outlined the cycle of falls?