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Lemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the left (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Direct democracy is still corruptible via propaganda. It's way more difficult to steal a majority of votes, but if you use some carefully crafted us vs. them narrative, you can steer the public opinion in your favour. Which begs the question then, if public opinion (in this case just a bit over half) is in your favour, has democracy not been achieved?

And if so, is direct democracy not just the current system but with extra steps?

Or are we counting on a "more locks deter opportunists, but don't prevent the ones truly bent on breaking in" in order to discourage minor acts of corruption hoping it wouldn't cascade into something bigger?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I wrote "at least" ...