Many Leninist states are more “democratic” than the United States (not China though), but I don’t recognize either as a fully legitimate form of democracy. They have de facto ruling classes. I’m strongly supportive of a free press, strongly opposed to banks & the housing market.
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Replying to @OhNoIts2016 @KEEMSTAR and
1. Which Leninist states are more democratic than the US? Elites will always exist. What matters is how they gain power, can they lose it, and is access to the elite limited by birth etc, and not merit.
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Replying to @simon_enefer @KEEMSTAR and
Cuba, Laos, USSR until Stalin, and many defunct states
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Prior to Stalin is questionable, though Russia was recovering from WW1.
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Again, I’m not saying it was a real democracy, but it had a slightly more valid claim to democratic rule than the U.S. government does now
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How is the US government not democratically elected? Trump like Brexit had everyone, include a large part of the GOP against him and still won.
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Replying to @simon_enefer @KEEMSTAR and
There are three levels you can look at this on: 1. A majority of voters voted against Trump. 3 million more voted for Hillary, plus all the protest votes. 2. Congressional makeup doesn’t reflect pop vote 3. Public opinion has no effect on policyhttps://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746 …
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Replying to @mediocre_danny @KEEMSTAR and
2b. This matters, a lot! If as seems certain Democratic areas have more illegal migrants - between 6-15m in California - then they are being be over represented in Congress. Further, if this is identified by the census, they will lose vast sums of federal funding.
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Personally, I think the right thing to do would be to extend citizenship to all residents.
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Replying to @mediocre_danny @KEEMSTAR and
2. Read the UN Charter. Refugees are a) a specific group, economic migrants not included b) Must stop in the first safe country they reach. If the charter followed, the UK and US would be under no legal obligation to except any refugees.
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Well uh, the US definitely would, because there are no “safe countries” south of our border. We’re the first safe country they reach.
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