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Tyranny of the majority.

TheInterlooper 7 Sep 30
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The thing that gets me is, these activist groups like BLM complain about the current system being rigged against them, yet they turn around and put their full support behind the "democracy" (aka, the system they claim to be against), and that makes no bit of rational sense.

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Good thing the US is a representative republic.

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You are trying to conflate Democracy with Capitalism, more specifically Monopoly Capitalism. First you you suggest that Democracy is Tyranny, then in your comment to me you state that Democracy has overthrown democratically elected officials, which is ridiculous. The filthy rich and Monopoly Capitalists are parasites on Democracy.

Because of Monopoly Capitalism the United States has used dictators to enforce their interests and when they have no use for them any longer, they get rid of them.

The US has a fascist, authoritarian, "Monopoly Capitalism" problem.

State Monopoly Capitalism:
“The main Marxist–Leninist thesis is that big business, having achieved a monopoly or cartel position in most markets of importance, fuses with the government apparatus. A kind of financial oligarchy or conglomerate therefore results, whereby government officials aim to provide the social and legal framework within which giant corporations can operate most effectively.” - Wikipedia

Basically this is favoring the rich and not holding them accountable, even for egregious crimes, while controlling the people using low wages, prison for non-violent crimes and small infractions, and while suppressing their vote and protests. And also, using the people, especially their children, to fight their wars to gain the resources of other countries. Either wealth will be regulated for the benefit of the people or the people will be regulated to serve wealth.

"Monopoly Capital:
An Essay on the American Economic and Social Order is a 1966 book by the Marxian economists Paul Sweezy and Paul A. Baran. It was published by Monthly Review Press. It made a major contribution to Marxian theory by shifting attention from the assumption of a competitive economy to the monopolistic economy associated with the giant corporations that dominate the modern accumulation process. Their work played a leading role in the intellectual development of the New Left in the 1960s and 1970s. As a review in the American Economic Review stated, it represented "the first serious attempt to extend Marx’s model of competitive capitalism to the new conditions of monopoly capitalism." It attracted renewed attention following the Great Recession." - Wikipedia

Example:
“This is monopoly capitalism in action,” said Marion Nestle, author of Food Politics and professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University. “Whenever Amazon takes over more and more and more of any consumer area, that gives consumers less choice. And now it’s food.” - [[truthout.org]]

Political implication:
“Ever since monopoly capital took over the world, it has kept the greater part of humanity in poverty, dividing all the profits among the group of the most powerful countries. The standard of living in those countries is based on the extreme poverty of our countries.”
— Che Guevara, 1965 -Wikipedia

Fascists also practice this:
Why of course the people don't want war.
...That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.

Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. - Hermann Goering

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It can only change when voters determine a consistent and steady political philosophy. Eight years is not enough for that. Maybe twelve would be.

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Democracy at its best!

@TheInterlooper People can suck alone or in groups. They can also not suck. I try to remember that

@TheInterlooper Think of the many dictators that our country has overthrown. Excluding Trump who loves sucking on dictator ass.

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