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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Fewer people now say representative democracy is a very good way to govern in many countries surveyed.

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Fewer people now say representative democracy is a very good way to govern in many countries surveyed.

www.pewresearch.org

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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Representative Democracy Remains a Popular Ideal, but People Around the World Are Critical of How It’s Working
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A 24-country survey finds a median of 59% are dissatisfied with how their democracy is functioning, and 74% think elected officials don’t care what people like them think.

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    As Churchill once famously said, democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

    I guess one of the nicest things about democracy is that it has a built-in mechanism for removing a government. It may not be reliable at getting good leaders in place, but at least when there’s a bad one it has a way of getting them back out again without having to go in shooting.

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      I’m not seeing anyone removing Biden or Netanhitler from power though?

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      The fact that you think that genocidal scumbag had good ideas means your opinion can be safely discarded.

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        Lol, what?

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          Churchill oversaw one of the biggest genocides in history in India ignoramus.

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            That means everything he says is false?

            ignoramus

            Oh, the irony.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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              the only irony here is you comment 😂

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                Not really.

                • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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                  it’s clearly what you believe

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                    Nope.

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        Removed by mod

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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          Removed by mod

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            Any chance you can share your ideas without personal insults?

            It makes you look flustered and insecure.

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                For real though, please dial it back. You didn’t have to turn Churchill into an attack on someone who may not even be aware of Churchill’s crimes, and then continue to ratchet up the personal insults. It’s bad even by Reddit debate bro standards, and it doesn’t invite anyone to explore alternatives to bourgeois democracy.

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                  I think it’s awesome how on Lemmy the mods actually treat their users like people to correct and not like subjects to control.

                  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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                    Thank you for your support and patronage, user 28521.

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                  fair enough

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                No I didn’t.

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      I spent way more time than i’m willing to admit trying to figure out what swear the filter was removing.

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