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What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true? (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There has never been a true democracy anywhere and anytime in history, even today.

Every democratic government in existence currently today is severely affected or influenced by monied, corporate, aristocratic, hereditary or powerful interests to some degree. Some countries manage it better than others but all of them fall short of a true democracy ... a system that is controlled by the people and benefits everyone equally.