Madeline Pendleton
Region: US
Monday 10 January 2022 17:56:48 GMT
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Matilda Erichs Lång :
I'm swedish and study political science and we literally had discussions about whether the US can be considered a democray or not in my uni course
2022-01-10 18:30:41
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CouldJumpCoulee🇨🇦 :
I’m a Canadian living in the US. A friend sent me this article recently with a message that just said “you really need to come home” 😅😅😅
2022-01-10 19:11:36
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dev :
Also it's been proven that what the people want has literally zero impact on what policies and laws are passed.
2022-01-11 00:07:55
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notacarin :
I truly do not understand why voting day isn’t a national holiday
2022-01-10 18:19:32
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Jessie :
And SO much suppression of disabled people to keep them poor and unable to get out of poverty
2022-01-10 18:13:14
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Felix Le Freak :
It grinds my gears how anyone can’t see that denying prisoners the vote is a threat to democracy for everyone.
2022-01-11 14:09:29
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heatherpotamus :
I’d argue that Citizen’s United was the legal end of any pretense of American democracy & officially made up a plutocracy
2022-01-10 22:39:01
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Hi frequency :
Felons can vote again after their sentence is over, at least that’s what my brother told me and he is an attorney here in Texas
2022-01-11 12:04:35
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Kitty kat :
So this was a great article but Canadians are always catastrophize good about the US haha. Source: Canadian with two politics degrees
2022-01-11 11:36:57
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flamingswordofdoom :
watching this video i also had the "aren't we already" thought lmao
2022-01-10 18:04:44
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leo :
the fact that the US NEVER implements their own democratic system when “helping” other countries speaks volumes
2022-01-10 20:33:30
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Madss_hatter :
American in Canada and Canada LOVES to pretend to be the better upstairs neighbor. Shits falling apart here left and right
2022-01-11 17:04:35
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user8132696631219 :
We did not in fact ever have a democracy, and it won’t take til 2030 they just need 67 senate votes & the midterms may do the trick quicker than that.
2022-01-10 21:01:56
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j :
How do u not feel so hopeless all the time the more I learn about our country the more I hate it & the more depressed I get :/
2022-01-10 18:17:37
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. :
While I do agree with the fact that America isn't a true democracy we still have democratic structures that I feel gube peace of mind to the rest of
2022-01-10 18:30:18
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🎏lora :
Democracy has long been collapsed here too and ppl refuse to accept it
2022-01-10 18:04:20
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Nectar King :
that is a funny article imo. just the most tepid take about what most leftists have been saying for years
2022-01-11 18:13:54
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Macy :
Do you have any opinion on Canada’s system?
2022-01-10 19:27:16
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Josepi ⚜️ :
Also check out the recent Princeton study that proves that public opinion has little impact on government policies lol
2022-01-11 06:35:10
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😼✌️👋 :
As if Canada isn’t also a right wing oligarchy but with better optics
2022-01-16 15:26:34
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QuizMercenary :
Oh, we had a democracy, the government just disagrees who its “demo” is. (Hint: it’s the rich people only)
2022-01-10 18:23:57
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Bench :
have you seen not every country makes it illegal for you to escape prison? because they understand it's human nature to escape a bad situation.
2022-01-10 22:30:33
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Sara (سارة) :
We def did have it. For white men for 150 yrs and for white women for like 60 ish yrs
2022-01-11 03:07:54
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Vicky Campbell :
Yeah I read it and was like.... "but how would we know???"
2022-01-11 00:50:42
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yashar :
if unelected billionaires can buy policy, yeah, ur not a democracy
2022-01-11 10:20:40
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Celestial-Life :
not to mention the new study out of Princeton about how public opinion has a negligible impact on policy
2022-01-11 05:54:42
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Val :
why did I say right wing corporate oligarchy at the exact same moment as you😂
2022-01-10 21:34:46
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Mag :
It hilarious because I’m studying uk law atm and my textbook fawns all over the US founding fathers it’s ridiculous.
2022-01-11 19:50:01
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Valkyrie🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸 :
US... are you guys OK?
2022-01-12 18:41:32
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Tamara Abroad :
Yep it's a corporatocracy
2022-01-12 04:24:26
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👨🏽🍳 :
we fr vote for ppl to vote for ppl
2022-01-12 01:53:17
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chrisxanjes :
Gotta get out of here asap.
2022-01-12 01:25:12
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Hex :
"Let's look together..." sounded so dejected, hahahaha... Yaaaaaaay
2022-01-12 01:20:27
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Brittnay 🩶 :
Felons can actually vote in most states
2022-01-11 20:41:53
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c☆rleigh :
im thinking it's gonna be more left wing
2022-01-13 01:58:55
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cherrycolazero99 :
Sounds like you are still complicit in the oppression 🥰🥰
2022-01-11 18:22:38
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Paper :
Sad
2022-01-10 18:30:59
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Sable :
This is the good take. Saw this article going around and was waiting for someone to say this.
2022-01-11 17:18:11
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beth :
yeah we have never had a functioning, equal, multiracial democracy. ever. it's disturbing that most people don't understand that.
2022-01-10 18:39:40
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junnikx :
have you seen what's going on in Idaho? rip (pls save me from here)
2022-01-11 16:21:43
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Anna Berg :
@mattheldt @briannawecker
2022-01-11 14:34:35
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Dana Jones :
We did not.
2022-01-10 19:09:12
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𝒞𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓇𝑜𝓃™ :
also bold of them to assume we’ll make it to the next election
2022-01-14 01:04:35
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maría 🍉 :
what I don't get about Americans and voter id laws is don't y'all have like a national identification card that you have to get already?
2022-01-14 22:02:34
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Pusher :
"I'm from Canada and they think I'm a little slow, eh"
2022-01-15 17:11:09
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Nova New Chorus :
I want to share this to my ig story :(
2022-01-10 18:28:13
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𝕯𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕾𝖔𝖋𝖎𝖊 :
yeah we talk about this in university in Norway
2022-01-16 18:03:07
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Livia :
100% we aren’t a democracy based on how the government is run. At this point the word is only thrown around to not upset most of the country
2022-01-19 12:30:02
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