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The US is Politically to the Right of [Other] Democracies (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It is an indirect democracy, rather than a direct one. Its less democratic, but not completely undemocratic.

That being said, I do think the system is broken in another fundamental way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It is an indirect democracy, rather than a direct one.

Ahem. Indirect democracy AKA representative democracy AKA republic is political system, where laws are voted by representatives who are elected by citizens. USA is indirect indirectracy. Or idiocracy. Like Putin's Russia, but with bells and whistles.

Direct democracy is rare beast. In it laws are directly voted by citizens on referendums.

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

FPTP?