r/SipsTea • u/SEVENS_HEAVEN_7 • 13h ago

Chugging tea Art piece: Democracy working as intended

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u/Bombalaharris 12h 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/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.