Black_Cross
Chairman of the WR Committee
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 |  Subject: Re: politpro  Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:08 pm | |
| | revolution wrote: | | Black_Cross wrote: | | revolution wrote: | 1. What's your understanding of Democracy?
A government in which people are able to elect leaders and make their own choices, democracies are often full of corruption, ex. U.S. |
I have an idea. Let's stop calling the US a democracy (to any slightly perceptive student of history, it's obviously not), and stop perpetuating that devilish lie (that told enough times, becomes truth to the minds of the less astute), and maybe the illusion will finally die. |
I can't think of the right word for it...would plutocracy be more accurate? |
Vastly. I mean, let's just kick the ballistics for one quick second. Overlook our foreign policy even (the most enlightening aspect of this hypocracy), and just take a short, yet instructive, look at the people who make policy here at home. GE has a board meeting, where only high members of the company (large share-holders, execs, etc.) are invited to take part. They can make and enact policies that will affect many thousands of people, yet the people affected are not even allowed to view the proceedings, let alone partake effectively in the making of policies that are to significantly influence their lives. This is just one example among many (sooo many) that sheds some light on "democracy" in a capitalist society.
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Comrade Konstantin
Young Pioneer
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