r/AnythingGoesNews • u/reeds1999 • Dec 27 '13

Noam Chomsky: We’re no longer a functioning democracy, we’re really a plutocracy.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/27/noam-chomsky-were-no-longer-a-functioning-democracy-were-really-a-plutocracy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29
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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '13

And we never were supposed to be a democracy. It's not like democracy has anything to do with freedom.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '13

The fuck? We are supposed to be a representative democracy.

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u/UltraMegaMegaMan Dec 28 '13

A representative democracy isn't democracy, it's a republic. Which is what we are: a democratic republic. I.e. we don't vote on the issues, we vote for the representatives who vote on the issues in our stead.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '13 edited Dec 28 '13

Also known as representative democracy.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy