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minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down15·22 hours agoI’m sorry that bringing up how absolutely not even close both of those primaries were makes me an idiot.
minus-squarepiefood@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·20 hours agoIt’s almost like they were, until the Democrats put their fingers on the scale. Weird how that turned out.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down8·19 hours agoOh yeah those Democrats, hurting democracy by… convincing 14 million more people to vote for them…?
minus-squarepiefood@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 hours agoYou mean the same Democrats that refuse to have an actual democratic primary? The ones that openly said in court that they rigged things in favor of their preferred candidates? Yes, they are hurting democracy.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoSo it’s only democratic if you like the outcome?
minus-squarepiefood@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 hours agoNo, it’s democratic if the voters get to decide. If those in charge get to decide, it’s undemocratic, like the DNC. Here’s a quick guide on how Democracy works. If you read it first, we can both save time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy
I’m sorry that bringing up how absolutely not even close both of those primaries were makes me an idiot.
It’s almost like they were, until the Democrats put their fingers on the scale. Weird how that turned out.
Oh yeah those Democrats, hurting democracy by…
convincing 14 million more people to vote for them…?
You mean the same Democrats that refuse to have an actual democratic primary? The ones that openly said in court that they rigged things in favor of their preferred candidates? Yes, they are hurting democracy.
So it’s only democratic if you like the outcome?
No, it’s democratic if the voters get to decide. If those in charge get to decide, it’s undemocratic, like the DNC.
Here’s a quick guide on how Democracy works. If you read it first, we can both save time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy