• Stephen Darby :ma_flag_aus:@mastodon.au
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    4 months ago

    @naevaTheRat democratic decision making doesn’t mean you all get what you want. To the extent that government is democratic - to that extent we submit ourselves to the will of the people. Quite often having to abide by decisions we don’t agree with. Often our elected representatives are Slaves to compromise and party policy.
    I thought you could give an example of a government sized democracy doing better.

    • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 months ago

      Don’t put words in my mouth, democracy has nothing to do with getting what you want is has to do with participation and voice in the decision making process.

      We have almost no representation in government, no choice as to whether or not we are bound by it, we have no democracy at work, deciding economic priorities anything like that.

      You’ve been told you live in a democracy but aside from being told that what evidence is there that you do? Can you even fire the government? Your boss? Do you really have a voice?

      here’s a Democratic government.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapatista_Army_of_National_Liberation