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[–] adrianmalacoda@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Arrested Development was literally a satire of the Bush family/administration, whom are now being rehabilitated by usonian liberals.

[–] VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I really like the idea of randomly elected representatives. Sure, they will try to better their situation for afterwards but with enough corruption control (which is probably easier to implement), this will only ensure that they support their kind of workers a bit more than the rest.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It would be a disaster but a funny disaster ngl.

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[–] School_Lunch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (18 children)

I struggle to find the points in your posts. Yes capitalism has a great many problems. I agree about doing something about it, but are you also suggesting democracy is bad?

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keep in mind that Socrates might not have been as nice as you think, his students ended up doing a coup and their government collapsed in 8 months, their reign was so violent that ended in about the death of 10% of Athens. The tyrants run away amd they put Socrates on trial, and in his defense, Socrates refused to denounce his disciplines and just said it was a whitch hunt because they are mad that he is smarter than everyone else.

So, Socrates might have been more of a Reactionary grifter like Peterson than a wise kind humble man.

[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

If Mamdani wins and keeps his mandate strong to the point that opposition to him is career suicide, he can implement some amazing improvements.

Bernie's success in Burlington was never going to translate to broader America, but NYC is hard to ignore.

The real test will be what Democrats do nationwide in response to a Mayor Mamdani administration. If they do the same old New Democrat/Third Way bullshit they've been doing since Bill Clinton won* in 1992, they'll continue to be irrelevant in the face of populist hucksters like Trump.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 4 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Which greek philosophers said that? and what did they say? do you have any sources to confirm?

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

Let's not muddy the waters...the orange turd we can't name is the type of ism we don't want ever again. We also don't want George Bush or another repeat of any of the political families currently in power or their friends. We want direct vote not college vote. WTF is an electoral college doing now that we have communication technology? Its an old and stupid idea.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

The Liberals got wrecked so hard Peter Dutton lost his seat.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

We need a digital liquid democracy platform. We have the technology and infrastructure for it now, and it’s time for the people to rule themselves.

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