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The history of electoralism (lemmy.ml)
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[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 14 points 5 days ago

At the end of the day, the electoral system is a contest of strength between 2 or more cults of personality. This is more prevalent in some countries than other, but the very basic aspect of representative "democracy", aka elections (selecting a person to rule) basically boils down to giving a few people the power to make decisions for everybody else. It's dictatorial by nature.