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Really? Seems like we had a peaceful transition of power just this year.
We peacefully transitioned into a technocracy with a wanna-be dictator idiot at the helm.
As an exercise for anyone reading this who doesn't already know: How did Hitler got into a position of power? Look that up, don't use AI, actually check up on that yourself.
Technically the Nazis lost that election, but the Conservatives who won turned around and handed power to Hitler, all to prevent the Left from gaining power.
Alien school: For todays class we will begin Earth history, please open your text book titled "Earth: All to Prevent the Left From Gaining Power." This book covers the vast majority of Earth history.
That's not how elections work here. There is not really a "winner" in elections unless someone gets an absolute majority, which is almost never. Parties form a coalition to have a majority together.
That's how it is nowadays, but I think the old system had coalitions too.
Just a dictionary thing, Technocracy != tech bro president:
When you call someone a technocrat, it means they're more interested in research and quality than political debate
The US has purportedly been a technocracy for a few decades now. The second election of Trump will likely mark the end of the technocracy and the official start of something worse....kakistocracy, full blown oligarchy, kleptocracy, pick whatever word you want.
The administrative state -- the exact thing Elon and his doge goons are targeting -- is the home of the technocrats.
Required reading in my history class at a public school.
I would assume most monarchies transitioned just as peaceful. What does that prove?
Every 4-8 years to all elected opponent?
I mean, term limits don't make a democracy and there have been elective monarchies.
The Vatican is an elective absolute monarchy.
When do Catholics vote for the Pope?
When the Conclave elects a new one.
Uh huh.
...You might want to study some more history there bub
Sure mate. Hereditary successions were usually smooth. In elective monarchies, there were more power struggles. Do you have anything to add other than insults?
Optical illusion. Plutocrats sharing power among themselves is not democracy, friend.
conspiracy theories about elections are hardly democratic
I'd hardly call it a conspiracy theory that both the Democrats and Republicans serve the wealthy.
"sharing power" implies that non-plutocrats are not involved in the decision, i.e. implying elections are fake
yeah you weren't going to vote either way
Your conclusion is wrong, in that I didn't say they're fake, I said that they serve as a way for different mega wealthy people to take turns at serving their own interests. Which may be a synonym or not, depending on your perspective.
But I did imply that non-plutocrats have zero sway in elections, because of how the system is stacked for the two parties because of many different aspects, but one of the obvious ones is just how much money you need to run a successful campaign.
I didn't know Bernie Sanders was a plutocrat. Just because one race is inaccessible from the working class doesn't mean all elections are rigged.
Learned helplessness.
Are you arguing my point for me? Indeed, Sanders is exceptional, truly one of a kind - I'm not being sarcastic here, he really is a remarkable person.
But how many times did he get to run for president? Zero. Both times he was shut down. In any normal country, I have no doubts he would have been president.
What conclusions you decide to take are up to you, don't make that my responsibility. You can take it lying down if that's what you prefer, we tend to go out and make a bit of a mess around here.
It's not about the elections it's about who gets the support and opportunity and resources to win elections.
A footrace can be executed completely fairly and transparently but if you need to buy special expensive shoes to participate and you receive them at someone else's discretion and you need to join one of two private clubs to get an invitation and the leaders and members of those clubs also apply discretion then a lot of unfair choices and decisions are being made before the starter pistol goes off.
What part of it is theory? Citizens United was the final confirmation that made it legal and ever since it's done in broad daylight.
The only party willing to accept defeat and not cry foul until their cult riots lost. It will never happen the other way around are you'd have be to a deeply vastly empty head to not know that.
That makes one in a row now.
Degree of democracy has more to do with the size of the ruling coalition relative to the size of the pool of the interchangeables. When power is shared within a large ruling coalition, there tends to be a louder and more influential voice by the interchangeables, leading to more democracy and better living conditions for everyone, including those in the losing coalition. Autocracies on the ruling spectrum tend to have tiny ruling coalitions.
Source: my memory of reading The Dictator's Handbook by Bueno de Mesquita and Smith. Highly recommended reading.
If the ruling coalition of the US is much smaller than it appears to be, then yeah, it's at risk of losing its foothold as a democracy.
That's not the only quality of a democracy.
Democracy isn't defined solely by peaceful transfer of power. Our government is completely captured by monied interests. Public opinion has a near zero influence on policy.
How many eligible voters abstained?
Unfortunately the system is fucked.
How long is the voting window? Is it like 9-5?
I see your points overall but this one seems meaningless to me. This is the kind of apathy that got you here. Even if they're guaranteed to win any percentage of voters they lose is ideally one they'll appeal to next time.
'Bloodless coup" comes to mind...