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Jolopy00 t1_ithfelj wrote

Reply to comment by badgerbarthowlemeiux in Social media firms brace for mayhem as US midterms near by Wagamaga

Ok and?

Isn’t that the point of being involved in democracy?

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dont_you_love_me t1_itisanw wrote

The point of democracy is to obscure the fact that a small set of wealthy people actually control how society functions, so they can blame "the people" when things go wrong. People are way too easy to manipulate to make democracy a valid form of governance.

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cosmernaut420 t1_itkak2u wrote

Good thing America is a republic and not a democracy 🙄

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