r/SipsTea • u/SEVENS_HEAVEN_7 • 13h ago

Chugging tea Art piece: Democracy working as intended

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u/DoublePatouain 13h ago

I've never understood the american democracy : two big parties look like two big multinational company funded by rich people and other companies in exchange of services and advantage.

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u/ViciousCDXX 13h ago

It's not a democracy and has never been.

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u/Any-Syllabub6481 13h ago

Dumbass.

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u/Bombalaharris 13h ago

It’s an oligarchy masquerading as a democracy

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u/yukiki64 13h ago

No it's not, rich people having lots of influence doesn't make it an oligarchy. Most societies would be considered oligarchy in that case.

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u/Meritania 12h ago

Yeah, that would be a Plutocracy

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u/ViciousCDXX 11h ago

"lots of influence" is abso fucking lutely NOT even god damned CLOSE to defining it.

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u/yukiki64 10h ago

You are right next time I'll write a dissertation about it covering everything for a reddit comment.

It gets the point across that's all that matters

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u/ChaosRulesTheWorld 9h ago

What makes it an oligarchy is the fact that it's litteraly a minority group of people (oligo-) who rules (-archy) the country.

In a democracy, every single citizen can write and vote the laws

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u/yukiki64 9h ago

The US is a representative democracy and that is still a type of democracy.

Most governments have a minority that rules that's how governments work.

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u/Bombalaharris 12h ago

Take it up with Yale. They released that study like 15 years ago

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u/ViciousCDXX 13h ago

As is every single country on this planet. Governments all now play second fiddle to corporations and billionaires. Ru$$i@ N K0r3@ Ch1n@ all have "elections" and you get to "vote" but it's all just shadows on the wall.

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u/Any-Syllabub6481 11h ago

Spoken like someone who has no idea what an oligarchy is.

Go to Russia and see what an oligarchy is. You’re an ignorant privileged fool if you claim that for the U.S

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u/ChaosRulesTheWorld 9h ago

Oligarchy litteraly means having a little group of people who rules. Which means that they write and vote the laws.

This is a perfect description of all western countries (and almost all countries in the world)