Communism controls the truth, while democracy warps the truth.
True, or False?
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DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F
Democracy ends up becoming an oligarchy. Which is where we are now. So I can see why someone would assume that but a true democracy the answer is false. America is no longer a true democracy. They just self proclaim to be one
Elessar · 26-30, M
@DeluxedEdition Not necessarily, there are several healthy democracies all over the world, it's not that the US is the only democracy or even the healthiest, neither currently nor historically.
What kills democracy is
1) inequality, allowing very rich people to accrue more and more money (which traslates to power, the moment they start using that money to buy politicians, media outlets, set up propaganda machines, and so forth) in order to de-facto become oligarchs, or get away with crimes unpunished, and I may agree with you that's the direction you're taking
2) the widespread idea that "we need a strong leader to fix the country" or "voting and not voting is just the same", "all choices bad" or anything sounding like that which gets people disenfranchised to do anything to fight against point (1) and at a later stage turns into "yeah, s/he may be a dictator, but still better than the chaos we'd have otherwise". Which is the exact kind of mentality that keeps and kept people like Putin high in the polls and safe from being overthrown for decades.
What kills democracy is
1) inequality, allowing very rich people to accrue more and more money (which traslates to power, the moment they start using that money to buy politicians, media outlets, set up propaganda machines, and so forth) in order to de-facto become oligarchs, or get away with crimes unpunished, and I may agree with you that's the direction you're taking
2) the widespread idea that "we need a strong leader to fix the country" or "voting and not voting is just the same", "all choices bad" or anything sounding like that which gets people disenfranchised to do anything to fight against point (1) and at a later stage turns into "yeah, s/he may be a dictator, but still better than the chaos we'd have otherwise". Which is the exact kind of mentality that keeps and kept people like Putin high in the polls and safe from being overthrown for decades.
