return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoDemocratic jockeying for the 2028 presidential election is already underwaywww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down14
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkDemocratic jockeying for the 2028 presidential election is already underwaywww.nbcnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 month agoEven Putin pretends to have elections.
minus-squaremakeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoThat sentence does not inspire hope
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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-down3·1 month agoIt probably wasn’t meant to. But sham elections are still elections.
minus-squareStiffneckedppl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoNo…they aren’t. That’s the whole point.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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.