Tankies after a long day of explaining why elections with only one candidate are the peak of Workers' Democracy : tankiejerk

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Makes sense why they like Putin so much, despite him not even pretending to be any sort of communist.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Winning 105% of the vote in Chechnya!? He MUST be the True Workers' Candidate, that's what the Soviet Union taught me!"

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

These two felt more support than would fit on one ballot.

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 17 points 4 months ago

Elections mean democracy, and only 1 candidate means you are free to disengage from politics, best of both worlds clearly /j

[+] stoly@lemmy.world -12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

LOL I have always loved how they have decided that Communism, a very liberal economic system, is not liberal.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Beg pardon?

[–] Dearth@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Liberalism is a capitalist ideology. I think you're using the colloquial definition of liberal and not the textbook definition of liberal

[+] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world -14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Elections with 2 candidates are not 100% better.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Uh... they are, pretty much by definition.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

By basic math, they are in fact better by exactly 100%.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world -3 points 4 months ago

That's not how it works 😅

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Would you like to specify what elections you're talking about?

[+] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world -7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Any election where only 2 people on the ballot matter.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

"It's not democracy if two coalitions attract a majority of the population to vote for one or the other"?

Like, fuck, there's so much wrong with two-party systems, but "It's not democratic" kind of fucking ignores that there's nothing keeping any given party competitive except the support of a near-majority for the coalition.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world -4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I didn't say a 2 person ballot wasn't a democracy. I said it wasn't even twice as good as a dictatorship.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I didn’t say a 2 person ballot wasn’t a democracy. I said it wasn’t even twice as good as a dictatorship.

... I'm lost.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They're trying to say the American political system sucks in the dumbest possible way.

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