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[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Almost any other kind of democracy. Representative democracy is better than fascism but it is the worst form of democracy

[–] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Worse than what form of democracy exactly?

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (13 children)
[–] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Name one. One actually concrete form of democracy that would work better.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Whatever its called that cuba does where national representation is organized and chosen at the local level. Idk im not a political scientist.

But also name ten that are worse

[–] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bu what metric does that system work though? It’s hard to judge it because the info is all unreliable and the government doesn’t share data. We don’t know how bad or good wealth inequality is there.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

I answered your question but you didn't answer mine.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

By what metric does the US system work?

[–] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Standard of living is relatively high in the U.S.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that because of bourgeois representative democracy, or because of the imperialist exploitation of the global south?

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How do you define "working"? Otherwise I don't know how you're measuring it. Would you say that a system that allows for literally one of the most unpopular genocides in history is "working"? Or a system that is working overtime to increase income and wealth disparity rather than reduce it? Is that working? I certainly wouldn't but I'm guessing you think that's working swell

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