| ▲ | ecshafer 3 hours ago | |
And they also send people to jail for twitter posts. Ill take good ole USA where at least I know I am free, over the tyranny of a parliament. Look at how France and Germany are responding to democratically elected parties who are vaguely right wing, they pull out all of the stops of suppressing them. | ||
| ▲ | Cthulhu_ an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
I think you're less free than you think you are. Do you have the freedom to lose your job? Because millions don't due to e.g. losing access to health care (to name a popular / populist talking point). Do you have the freedom to vote for a representative that aligns with your points, or are you forced to vote for the lesser evil or abstain? I don't believe all political parties have a right to exist, because some parties are anti-democratic, yet abuse democratic systems to gain power. The current president of the US and the organization that planned the current administration's steps are anti-democratic and want to, for example run for a third term. | ||
| ▲ | loopies 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
>Ill take good ole USA where at least I know I am free At personal level that sounds like a better idea, but at group level it doesn't seem to be, that's what I think is OP's argument. If a society puts more value on personal freedoms than it does on group well-being that becomes an anarchy. They didn't work out well historically speaking, proof is no such society made it to today. | ||
| ▲ | watwut 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Ah yeah, two popular right wing lies - AfD is "vaguelly right" and UK is horrible tyrrany. | ||