• CptEnder@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    It’s beyond me that any modern democracy would even allow someone be PM/President for 16 years in the first place, and then allow them to run again. For all that’s fucked with America rn, that one they’ve done right (for now).

    • lmmarsano
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      1 month ago

      How is denying the right of the people to reelect whoever they want to office more democratic than fulfilling their right? Claiming democracy restricting such liberty is somehow more democratic is impressive mental gymnastics. Even with modern democracy the guiding philosophy is to restrict government to promote & protect individual liberty, not undermine liberty of the people.

    • Cherry@piefed.social
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      1 month ago

      It’s because you were given the illusion of democracy. It has not been that for a long time. Society can’t move forward till there’s an admission of that.

      The gov is owned. The Representatives are owned. They always were, but a piece of paper, the constitution, gave an illusion of governance.

      Recent events have just stopped holding up the illusion.

    • etherphon@piefed.world
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      1 month ago

      I guess people have just given up on Russians or what? I rarely hear anyone complain that they’re not doing anything about their madman. They should probably decide to do something before someone decides for them and then they’re not Russians anymore.