return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 days agoDemocratic jockeying for the 2028 presidential election is already underwaywww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down15
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkDemocratic jockeying for the 2028 presidential election is already underwaywww.nbcnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·11 days agoEven Putin pretends to have elections.
minus-squaremakeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 days agoThat sentence does not inspire hope
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days 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-down3·10 days agoIt probably wasn’t meant to. But sham elections are still elections.
minus-squareStiffneckedppl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 days agoNo…they aren’t. That’s the whole point.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days 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.
minus-squarepigup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoHot is cold, white is black, up is down.
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.
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.
Hot is cold, white is black, up is down.