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[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 41 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Well yeah, at this point the corporation and government are the same person.

I'm a Democrat. Not specifically in the party sense but in the genuine belief Democracy is the very best organizational form of government we have... But damn if it isn't dependent on having a well informed, educated citizenry to thrive. Wealth inequality got so out of control and foreign governments undermined us to such an extent our citizens are mostly clueless to being played.

[-] chocrates@piefed.world 1 points 2 hours ago

How do you define best?
The United States (we are a republic anyway I think) is barely 250 years old and falling apart.
We have huge societal problems and we are executing people in the streets.

We are built on genocide and theft.

It's not working out imo. I don't have a solution, but indirect democracy seems to have perverse incentives that lead to this.

[-] CannedYeet@lemmy.world 20 points 7 hours ago

People usually call that a "lowercase D democrat"

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I always mix those up, let alone wonder how well other people know the difference so I just tend to explain as I go kind of thing, if that makes sense

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

“D” is capitalizing a proper noun, the name for the political party. Proper nouns should be capitalized.

“d” for the system of governance, not a proper noun.

Anyone that cares to know the difference will likely note it. Hope that helps.

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