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dont_you_love_me t1_itisanw wrote

Reply to comment by Jolopy00 in Social media firms brace for mayhem as US midterms near by Wagamaga

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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