Is Democracy Still Viable?

@metal-brain said
@Phranny
Western democracy is a sham. People vote for who they hear about the most and the news media mostly controls that. Money can buy advertising to bypass that but that gives wealthy people the advantage. They have Super PACS to take advantage of their money. Super PACS should be illegal.

There are ways to make democracy viable, but we are not going down that p ...[text shortened]... en slavery was the norm some countries allowed slaves to work for their freedom. Not much different.

Unfortunately, I must agree with much of what you have written. Very sad. I have not lost all hope but it doesn't look good.

@phranny said
There is a difference between an informed debate with legitimate research and rants. All of you on the right in this forum just rant. You are too lazy and dumb to do any actual research.

And yet, all you can do is parrot some salon socialist, call a real socialist "all of you on the right", and have no opinion of your own.

As pathetic as you are, can you blame the USA for turning fascist? You yourself have goaded them into it with your duckspeak!

@phranny said
I have searched and can find no evidence that Harris ever said this. Confirm, please.

https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/kamala-harris-shop-talk-campaign-visit-detroit-michigan-transcript-september-22

Down at the 27:58 mark.

Of course, there's nothing in the transcript about instigating a world communist revolution. Harris is talking about education funding, access to health care, access to capital to start a small business, and similarly mundane matters.

Joe is somewhat too mentally impaired, I think, to grasp the nuances here. I actually believe there has been a degeneration in his prose over just the past six months which may be indicative of early-onset dementia.