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minus-squarehalf_giraffe [comrade/them]hexbear8·4 years agoFreedom is when you die cold, hungry, and sick on the streets because basic needs are put behind a paywall. Democracy is when you* get to vote** for one of two corporation-approved candidates who won't dare to step on the freedoms mentioned above. *from 1945 to 1965 "you" did not include black people **votes are subject to various forms of disenfranchisement including gerrymandering, and byzantine systems like the electoral college link
Freedom is when you die cold, hungry, and sick on the streets because basic needs are put behind a paywall.
Democracy is when you* get to vote** for one of two corporation-approved candidates who won't dare to step on the freedoms mentioned above.
*from 1945 to 1965 "you" did not include black people
**votes are subject to various forms of disenfranchisement including gerrymandering, and byzantine systems like the electoral college