• DaveyRocket@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    I guess I’m pretty suspicious of all states and the control they exert over the average person to use that metric. It’s my opinion that if democracy worked, it’d be illegal (or subverted by a CIA-backed coup).

    • melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      20 hours ago

      well, yes. I don’t think a government can completely align with the values of the people it dominates, they are inherently shitty, but shittiness is a spectrum.

      and yes, that is what the CIA is for. that, and cocaine trafficking.