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minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYes, that is the constant attempt of the powerful to remain so. That is a constant no matter what. The entire point of democracy is to upset that balance. Are we a (fledgling and flailing) democracy, or just a failed experiment?
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWe are and have always been a bourgeoisie democracy; a dictatorship of capital. The struggle against this is a struggle against the very essence of America.
Yes, that is the constant attempt of the powerful to remain so. That is a constant no matter what. The entire point of democracy is to upset that balance.
Are we a (fledgling and flailing) democracy, or just a failed experiment?
We are and have always been a bourgeoisie democracy; a dictatorship of capital.
The struggle against this is a struggle against the very essence of America.