| ▲ | diggyhole 2 hours ago |
| Or do you hate that their politics don't align with yours? |
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| ▲ | shimman 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Everyone should hate people that believe in undemocratic principles. |
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| ▲ | CamperBob2 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Hot take: what has democracy done for us lately? Besides re-electing Donald Trump? If something can't go on forever, it will eventually stop. That applies to any system that gives stupid people the same political voice as the rest of the electorate. I mean, it seems kind of obvious, doesn't it? | | |
| ▲ | amarcheschi 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Ask yourself which class can gain something by having trump as president rather than any other democrat (it's not the working class) | | |
| ▲ | CamperBob2 an hour ago | parent [-] | | Exactly. So why'd the "working class" vote for him? | | |
| ▲ | amarcheschi an hour ago | parent [-] | | Because the ones owning social medias, newspapers (and whatnot) pushed heavily for it | | |
| ▲ | CamperBob2 an hour ago | parent [-] | | And why did they give up their agency to these shadowy media oligarchs...? Answer: because they're stupid. The ones who weren't stupid were impossible to herd to the polls, or at least a lot more difficult. As a result they were outnumbered. Any system that removes the influences you cite will leave the same stupid voters in place, ready to fall for the next con man who comes along. The problem isn't the money. The problem is the power. I'm tired of giving stupid people so much power over my life. |
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| ▲ | estearum 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Nah, I don't even know what Garry's politics are. I hate that there's so much money in politics in general. |
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| ▲ | saubeidl 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Their very existence doesn't align with my politics, or any decent person's politics for that matter. |
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| ▲ | pbreit 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Smart, successful people offering products and services that lots of people want does not align with your politics? What are your politics? | | |
| ▲ | saubeidl 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | People extracting value from labor to enrich themselves at the expense of society and then using those riches to further corrupt society, to the point where a few dudes own most of the country does not align with my politics. That's why I'm a socialist and I would invite anyone who thinks things might not be going in the right direction to consider that as well. |
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| ▲ | micromacrofoot 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| it's that their money buys outsized influence and erodes the concept of democracy |
