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  1. Mar 2025
    1. the only participation we have in our democracy is one vote one button every four years and that's it and then you leave them you Congressional people and your your um you know presidents Etc just to get on with things that's no longer fit for purpose

      for - representative democracy is no longer fit for purpose

    2. for - representative democracy is no longer for for purpose

  2. Aug 2023
    1. At the same time, our whole sense of community has been lost as the requirement of modern societies rely on us living in anonymous neighbourhoods with people we don’t know or share much of anything in common. Who are these representatives presuming to represent anymore anyway?
  3. Apr 2016
    1. true liberal democracy

      A “well-informed citizenry” require journalistic assistance. Which is why US elections are such a neat context to discuss literacy, public opinion, agency, representativeness, and populism.