§ɦṛɛɗɗịɛ ßịⱺ𝔩ⱺɠịᵴŧ to World News@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoBRICS Leaders Call for Democratic Global Orderconsortiumnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up180
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minus-square@flambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoNo, really. America has fucked up their democracy… It started good, for sure, but it keeps getting eroded (unrealistic time constraints, arbitrary boundaries and silly vetoes or weightings). I’m just sitting from the hip here, certainly no expert
minus-squaredown daemonlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoOnly white male landowners could vote when it started
minus-square@flambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoThat’s a very good point, I do concur. But it used to be a lot better just a (few?) decades ago …And yet most of the rest of the world is streaking way ahead in terms of basic liberties
minus-square@PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilink2•edit-22 years agoYou might find this book pretty informative about USA democracy, especially that “few decades ago” period.
No, really. America has fucked up their democracy… It started good, for sure, but it keeps getting eroded (unrealistic time constraints, arbitrary boundaries and silly vetoes or weightings). I’m just sitting from the hip here, certainly no expert
Only white male landowners could vote when it started
That’s a very good point, I do concur. But it used to be a lot better just a (few?) decades ago
…And yet most of the rest of the world is streaking way ahead in terms of basic liberties
You might find this book pretty informative about USA democracy, especially that “few decades ago” period.