• Commiunism@beehaw.org
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    2 days ago

    The problem with democracy as it is right now isn’t that it’s “the majority rule” (it isn’t), but the fact that it’s a tool of legitimizing class rule.

    You get a bunch of pre-approved bourgeois candidates and parties who will either bring about further entrenchment into Capitalism (with people like Trump) or literally nothing (as seen with socdems around the world), and the parties that usually win are determined by the amount of control they have over media or “the loudest voice” aka money.

    • aliceblossom@lemmy.world
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      The “pre approved candidates” thing is a problem with first past the post voting and not inherently a part of democracy. Alternative voting systems make it mathematically possible for any random person to win and thus buying out every possible candidate is untenable. Check out ranked voting and see if there are any movements near you to change the voting systems you use.