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[โ€“] PotatoPie@lemmy.zip 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

(1)In a democracy the people elect a representative of their ideology to govern them in fair elections

(2)Both parties in the US in the 21st century start wars on foreign countries, lie about policies, submit to corrupt lobbying

(3)Both parties in the US are not representative of the people of the US

(4)The US is not a democracy

Which of these is wrong?

[โ€“] MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

(4) because both parties are elected to power by voters

[โ€“] PotatoPie@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago

4 is deduced from 1,2,3 the deduction is just using definition and the fact both parties lead to the same outcome to come to a contradiction

Both parties have been elected (1), both led to (2), both aren't representative (3), You can't blame voters if they have no power over the outcome, there's no democracy in US

If the point you're trying to make is that outcome is irrelevant and only voting itself is what constitutes a democracy then this needs to be applied to other countries as well, North Korea is a democracy