• SirDerpy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    55·
    2 months ago

    Alternatively, one could disengage from the electoral system and instead focus on actions history has proven effective.

    • Lauchs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      2 months ago

      Lol, which wars fought by a democracy are you thinking have been ended by non democratic means?

      • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        The failed invasions and colonizations of Vietnam, Afghanistan, etc. were ended through brutal defeat despite decades of “democratic” support.

      • SirDerpy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        2 months ago

        The New Deal, the Civil Rights Act, Women’s Lib, cessation of hostility in Vietnam, the Clean Water Act, the ADA, Lol.

        • Lauchs@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          Ummm, all of those came about via democracy?

          Edit: Also, most of those weren’t wars…

            • Lauchs@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              2 months ago

              Are you maybe meaning to comment on another thread or something? Right now it looks like you’re trying to claim that “The New Deal, the Civil Rights Act, Women’s Lib, cessation of hostility in Vietnam, the Clean Water Act, the ADA” all of which (except maybe arguably Vietnam) were things passed by popular demand by a democratically elected government…

                • Lauchs@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  53·
                  2 months ago

                  There were mass movements that translated to electoral victory… In other words, democracy function led exactly as it should.

                  • SirDerpy@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    24·
                    2 months ago

                    Oh no. They were mass movements that performed illegal actions and threatened more. We the People didn’t cast votes. We demanded what we deserved with a threat of violence.