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The history of electoralism (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] taiyang@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Seeing CA propositions get rigged with misinformation and tricky language suggests to me that direct democracy might also not work without proper safeguards.

[โ€“] theolodis@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Seeing how many selfish and uneducated people there are, I think we'd be beat off if the majority of people doesn't get a say, and the (communist) party just takes the decisions for the greater good of the people.