First RCS now this, today has been wild

  • Norgur@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    153
    arrow-down
    7
    ·
    1 year ago

    Hey, 'Muricans, how come we need to pressure every company into compliance for you?

    • yokonzo@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      84
      arrow-down
      10
      ·
      1 year ago

      Do you really think any average citizen has any say in this whatsoever?

          • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            24
            arrow-down
            6
            ·
            1 year ago

            Isn’t that the point of your guns? Why are all these less free states more free?

          • Vilian@lemmy.ca
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            5
            arrow-down
            4
            ·
            1 year ago

            well, on paper also no, democracy don’t exist with only two parties, and that is writed in paper

        • R0cket_M00se@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          17
          ·
          1 year ago

          An electoral democracy, we choose those that make the laws. Due to the 2 party system we don’t have many options for when they fail to do what they claim they will.

        • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          No, we’re a republic.

          A true democracy would empower each of us to do as you say, but that’s not what’s here.

          Our republic is quite corrupt due to greed and power, as well… Not as corrupt as many countries out there, mind you, but it’s alot worse than it should be.

          We’re starting to resemble a corporatocracy in many ways these days as a result of all this.

          • psud@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            ‘Republic’ is about whether or not you have kings. Democracy is as opposed to autocracy, with a few other *cracys between those poles.

            America is a democratic republic; the United Kingdom is a democratic monarchy. The US has a broken democratic system that does a really bad job of electing the most preferred candidate. It’s almost cheeky to call America democratic.

    • wildginger
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      16
      arrow-down
      36
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Hey, 'Peans, how come you think a country larger than your pseudo continent is a homogenous hivemind?

      E: what Ive learned from this comment is that apparently, all europeans share 1 single trait, which is just utterly horrid reading comprehension

      • no banana@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        44
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        Because Europe is so fucking homogenous that we stared 2 world wars just because we agree so much

        • Norgur@kbin.social
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          11
          ·
          1 year ago

          We agreed so much in the past that the 30 years war could never have happened in Euro… Oh.

          • no banana@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            7
            ·
            1 year ago

            They agree with eachother so much in eastern Europe that there are no wars and everyone just hugs. Oh wait.

        • wildginger
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          5
          arrow-down
          7
          ·
          1 year ago

          If you think saying “that nation isnt homogenous” means “all other nations are homogenous” you probably shouldnt weigh in on adult convos

      • Norgur@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        22
        arrow-down
        7
        ·
        1 year ago

        Erm… Larger by land mass? Yes. Larger by GDP? No. Larger by number of inhabitants? No. Larger by amount of vastly different cultures that somehow get stuff like this done whole very decidedly not being a hive mind? Also no.