• yesman@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    John Adams had tracks printed that warned the colonists about the evil British plot to enslave white men.

    Violence, fraud, and intimidation around voting was such a threat in early America, some think that it may be responsible for killing Edgar Allen Poe.

    Pulitzer and Hersh used their newspapers to push the country into war with Spain, over another conspiracy theory.

    This is not new, it’s not even remarkable for it’s stupidity.

    To those who say MAGA I ask: when were we great? To those who defend Democracy I ask: when were we a Democracy? (don’t worry, I’m going to vote for the cop over the fascist, I’m just saying).

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        6 hours ago

        Why is a flawed democracy preferable to other systems? Why are we convinced that democracy is the only way to run a society? It’s not like the only other possible options are autocratic dictatorships, we just refuse to entertain the thought that maybe letting idiots decide how to run a country maybe isn’t optimal