@DominatorX1@thelemmy.club to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 day agoWhen everybody agrees so perfectly. When conformity is so absolute. When dissent is so rare. It makes one suspicious.message-square19fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down113
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squareWhen everybody agrees so perfectly. When conformity is so absolute. When dissent is so rare. It makes one suspicious.@DominatorX1@thelemmy.club to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 day agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-square@Mothra@mander.xyzlinkfedilink16•1 day agoSo practically a ritual. What’s the point of voting if there is only one candidate? Rhetorical question
minus-squareJeenalinkfedilinkEnglish12•23 hours agoThe point is to pretend to the world that you are a democracy.
minus-square@aski3252@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•20 hours agoThere are multiple candidates, but if elections are held in a one party state, they all belong to the same party or a party that is effectively under the dominating party’s control.
So practically a ritual. What’s the point of voting if there is only one candidate? Rhetorical question
To say you have elections.
The point is to pretend to the world that you are a democracy.
There are multiple candidates, but if elections are held in a one party state, they all belong to the same party or a party that is effectively under the dominating party’s control.