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  • lennybird@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldTotally reasonable
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    4 days ago

    I guess I define best by asking myself if I’d prefer at this moment to live in any other system. Not really. Longer civilizations existed but they subsisted off of imperialism, sacrifices to the gods, and slavery. They made marginal improvements but did not expand median life expectancy to the extent our democracies did either. The number of rights attained in such a short time for disenfranchised groups is also unparalleled.

    Despite what people complain about wars, we are actually living in some of the most peaceful times in human history – again much of this is thanks to the imperfect improvements of Democracy.






  • Even running within the party, how much have senior Dems propped up the likes of Swalwell or Bill Clinton himself? Platner is without a doubt the better of the two options, even if there is risk. But honestly, this seems fairly overblown considering his wife is the one who brought this info to the campaign staff before they were leaked in the first place, and second, they had already gone through marital counseling if I understand right.

    That the backstabbing seems to be coming within the party and from AIPAC suggests to me that Platner may be the real deal.


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    4 days 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.