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its a hard pill to swallow, but it might be time for us to accept that democracy enables this and if we want to live in a better world we might have to think of a different model (no, not a dictatorship; obviously not that)

democracy is based on the idea that people will vote in favor of their own interest. it has been proven repeatedly that this is not the case (see: the united states of america)

democracy as a system has been figured out by enough people with enough power to rig it in their favor, even when science and research shows that this is not the better outcome for the majority (see: the united states of america)

its a hard pill to swallow but it might be time for us to accept that democracy isn't perfect...



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The level of irony is off the charts, given the global right's shift towards authoritarian populism under untouchable leaders.


>The level of irony

That's not irony. Please reread the definition of irony.

>given the global right's shift towards authoritarian populism under untouchable leaders.

Whataboutism.

hackyhacky is following me around in the comments because he's crashing out about being proven wrong here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546137


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So you post a definition of irony and completely fail to come up with an example of said definition LOL. Misunderstanding irony is so prevalent: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/what-irony-is-not/

My criticism of the left has nothing to do with the "incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result." Nor do I support right-wing groups.

Your inability to understand irony is on full display here.

hackyhacky is following me around in the comments because he's crashing out about being proven wrong here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546137


> My criticism of the left has nothing to do with the "incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result."

That's not what I said. You are criticizing the left for disliking election results; meanwhile, you are supporting groups that aim to overturn election results. That's the irony.

The incongruity arises from the contradiction in your opinions. One would expect a reasonable person to either support democracy in all cases, or oppose it. You, however, support democracy when it suits your partisan ends and oppose it when it doesn't. That's both hypocritical and ironic.


>You are criticizing the left for disliking election results; meanwhile, you are supporting groups that aim to overturn election results. That's the irony.

I do not support groups that aim to overturn election results, you're delusionally inventing that. There is no irony here.

>The incongruity arises from the contradiction in your opinions.

There is no incongruity here, it's just something you've delusionally invented in your mind.

Supporting democracy != supporting far-right parties

>One would expect a reasonable person to either support democracy in all cases, or oppose it. You, however, support democracy when it suits your partisan ends and oppose it when it doesn't. That's both hypocritical and ironic.

I have never opposed democracy, full stop. This must be ironic according to you, because it's the left that's calling for undemocratic, fascistic moves like banning opposition parties: https://www.yahoo.com/news/germanys-social-democrats-back-pr...

Every accusation is a confession.

hackyhacky is following me around in the comments because he's crashing out about being proven wrong here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546137


> I do not support groups that aim to overturn election results,

So you don't support Trump, who has tried to overturn the 2020 election results?

You don't support Reform UK, who have expressed an interest in bypassing democratic results in order to enact their agenda?

You don't support AfD who have explicitly embraced anti-democratic measures and Nazi-style politics?

> Supporting democracy != supporting far-right parties

So, to be clear: do you or do you not support Trump, Reform UK, and AfD?

> fascistic moves like banning opposition parties

You should address the other commenter's question: why do you think German law outlaws anti-democratic parties? Can you think of any reason?

> Every accusation is a confession.

lol


Republicans tolerate democracy when it goes their and do everything to undermine it when it doesn't.

See exhibit: Trump


Whataboutism.

You're following me around in the comments because you're crashing out about being proven wrong here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546137


You can't just say "whataboutism" whenever someone points out your blatant hypocrisy.


>blatant hypocrisy

Nothing I've said is hypocrisy. Please reread the definition of hypocrisy.

hackyhacky is following me around in the comments because he's crashing out about being proven wrong here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546137


> Please reread the definition of hypocrisy.

Okay. Hypocrisy: behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel

You claim to be opposed to authoritarianism but you actually support authoritarian right-wing groups.

Seems pretty clear-cut to me.


>You claim to be opposed to authoritarianism but you actually support authoritarian right-wing groups.

Link to where I support authoritarian right-wing groups?

>Seems pretty clear-cut to me.

Dunning-Kruger.




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