return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day agoDemocratic jockeying for the 2028 presidential election is already underwaywww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down15
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minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·23 hours agoEven Putin pretends to have elections.
minus-squaremakeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·22 hours agoThat sentence does not inspire hope
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 minutes agoIt’s not really meant to. But there will very likely still be elections that have Democrats in them. It’s just a question of how competently they make them a sham.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·22 hours agoIt probably wasn’t meant to. But sham elections are still elections.
minus-squarepigup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoHot is cold, white is black, up is down.
minus-squareStiffneckedppl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·22 hours agoNo…they aren’t. That’s the whole point.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoThe argument here seems to be completely eliminate elections like the British monarchy vs sham elections like Putin. Either way it’s bad for America.
Even Putin pretends to have elections.
That sentence does not inspire hope
It’s not really meant to. But there will very likely still be elections that have Democrats in them. It’s just a question of how competently they make them a sham.
It probably wasn’t meant to.
But sham elections are still elections.
Hot is cold, white is black, up is down.
No…they aren’t. That’s the whole point.
The argument here seems to be completely eliminate elections like the British monarchy vs sham elections like Putin.
Either way it’s bad for America.