• Nico198X@europe.pub
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      3 days ago

      a republic is, by definition, a democracy.

      you are repeating authoritarian conservative propaganda.

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        3 days ago

        No. Democracy has been redefined to be that but the orignal definition is direct voting on issues. Some state have this via voter initiatives.

        We have the technology to create a democracy and there is no reason to muddle and gaslight ourselves into thinking a representative system is the same thing.

        We need to stop reject the notion that it’s necessary because people don’t have the time to understand the bills. We have plenty of evidence they our representatives don’t bother understanding it because their incentives are not aligned with needing to understand it. They just carve themselves out of, as the legislation being discussed here does.

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          2 days ago

          representative democracy is democracy. not every democracy needs to be direct democracy. there’s more variety and nuance, that isn’t being “gaslit.” it’s just education.