“Democracy”
Democracy is inherently tied to progress.
I’m considering that progress on Earth will slow down or come to a halt in the long-term, thus taking away Democracy with it.
I believe that Space Flight is the only viable option for long-term progress, and that it will bring Democracy with it. That is actually the major reason why i’m looking forward to Mars Settlement projects.
Ignore the naysayers. But we should focus on the moon first. It’s more practical
Why do we need to expand, when we don’t even have stuff sorted here? By expanding now, aren’t we just spreading shit?
No, we shouldn’t infect the galaxy with Capitalism.
Can you connect the dots between democracy and progress? Do nondemocratic places just steal ideas from democratic ones in your worldview?
I think it comes down to the definition of democracy. I read somewhere, that while universally understood, democracy is actually surprisingly difficult to define. It’s not just about the votes.
It’s also about having good and solid news, education, and being reasonable (instead of being egoistic).
Now, these are all qualities that are favored in a system that is targeted towards growth. When you need to build a city, you need to be reasonable, make good assessments, be educated, and communicate clearly, to be able to pull it off. In the absence of these demands, these skills would crumble and vanish. That is why a democracy is surprisingly difficult to sustain when there’s no economic drivers behind it. That is, in short, my argument.
What kind of economic drivers do you see helping the current situation?
Don’t blame it on just one person. He has many
friendsaccomplices.About 53 in the senate, right now.
Or a whole generation telling their kids “Don’t worry about politics, focus on yourself” as they vote for more oligarchy. Thanks, boomers.
Republicans/big business have been trying to install a fascist regime since 1933 when Smedley Butler shut the coup down down.
*since at latest 1933
Democracy
Looks inside
Constitution written exclusively to protect monopoly business interests and prevent a monarchy
seems legit lol
Yeah I’m sure that giving rights to everyone (amendments are part of the Constitution!) was purely for business interests …
we had a good run
Did you, though?
The rich guys did, it’s even getting better for them.
How cute, OP thinks the US has been a democracy for the last 250 years.
Democracy must be fragile af if this is all it takes to topple it
Using first-past-the-post and giving a president too much power is fragile, yes.
Proportional election and a president with much less power is far safer. Some stuff takes a while to become a law, but at least it’ll be an actual agreement instead of an order.
Most good things are fragile. And with most things it just takes a few assholes to ruin it.
They have been eroding education and disenfranchising voters for decades. He loves the poorly educated, you know?
Democracy resisted for quite some time despite glaring problems.
See the Business Plot of 1933 that was undermined by a Medal of Honor-recipient and Major General, Smedley Butler whom they tried to recruit for the coup.
“unelected”
he got up to stage and said he bought the fascist candidate. lots of people saw that and said “that’s OK, I’ll still vote red” and even more people saw that and said “that’s OK, I’ll still not vote”. around 160 million people saw this and were OK with it. yeah he wasn’t elected, but the “dictator on day one” was.
This right here.
They had a website for two years with a detailed plan. Project 2025 was widely known an people either voted for it or stayed at home. The dildo of consequences, as they say…
Amerikkka never had real democracy
Let’s be honest, it is efficient! /s
Did we all forget the elected one put the unelected one in power?
I’ll be polite. That’s not an accurate repository of those 250 years; the second part us alright.
Lol the democracy part didn’t even start until 1965.
Even then, its more like Democracy Lite™.
God bless Elon.
May God continue to use him for the betterment of the United States.
A good run? 2 years of actually peace since the us existenz is your benchmark for a good run?
