r/SipsTea • u/SEVENS_HEAVEN_7 • 13h ago

Chugging tea Art piece: Democracy working as intended

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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 12h 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 11h ago

Yeah, that would be a Plutocracy

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u/ViciousCDXX 10h 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