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How the explosion of the ultra-wealthy risks democracy (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 days ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to c/worldnews@aussie.zone

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[–] eureka@aussie.zone 9 points 2 days ago

For the most part, yes.

Voting for a representative every four years is not democracy, in any meaningful sense. The AEC is outstanding compared to other countries, I hold them in high regard and I am grateful, but we cannot pretend that people and their needs have more political influence than capital.