return2ozma@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 9 months agoThe most important election of our lifetime, again and again and again...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down1107
arrow-up1-13arrow-down1imageThe most important election of our lifetime, again and again and again...lemmy.worldreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squareDessertStorms@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down7·9 months agoYes, the point is for it to be a distraction mechanism to make people feel like they have a voice and some power without actually giving them any. All we get is the illusion of choice and a different puppet at the top of the pyramid scheme. https://web.archive.org/web/20230803021951/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/22/american-democracy-was-never-designed-to-be-democratic
Yes, the point is for it to be a distraction mechanism to make people feel like they have a voice and some power without actually giving them any. All we get is the illusion of choice and a different puppet at the top of the pyramid scheme.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230803021951/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/22/american-democracy-was-never-designed-to-be-democratic