I’m not skeptical per se. I’ve just been propagandized so fucking much—I grew up watching those propagandocumentaries on the National Geographic Channel about the DPRK, etc., fr that was what I watched instead of cartoons lol.

Pretend I’m a lib who you’re trying to convince, or something. In addition to calming this feeling in my gut like something isn’t making sense, I want to be able to make this argument, myself.

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[–] TheGenderWitch@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

the thing is we must change our definitions of democracy to not just democratic ability to interact with politics, but for the population to be free to decide their politics and labor while being provided with food and housing