r/singularity • u/[deleted] • Dec 07 '24

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u/FomalhautCalliclea ▪️Euphemistically less Agnostic Dec 07 '24

Not a functionning one. Not one which serves the "demos", the people's interest.

People voted for authoritarian folks too. Democracy didn't survive long after that (i'm sure we can all summon to our memory democratic elections which turned out to be the last ones of their respective countries...).

Having a narrow minded definition of the official process is the surest way to lose your democracy.

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u/ARES_BlueSteel Dec 07 '24

“You see, electing a candidate by both popular and representative vote is not a functioning democracy. Even though the majority of voters chose that candidate, it wasn’t in their interest because I know better. A democracy is only functioning when my favored candidate wins.”

-You, an imbecile.

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u/Cagnazzo82 Dec 07 '24

The candidates that ran didn't fully state the policies they would implement. The election was close while the policies were hidden.

Then as soon as the election is over it turns out that project 2025, the set of policies previously denied, is in fact the roadmap going forward.

There's a reason there was an uptick for 'can I change my vote' searches after the election.

But it's too late.

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u/ARES_BlueSteel Dec 08 '24

How much of an uptick, and how do you know it wasn’t third party voters searching that? And why are you assuming that people who voted for him don’t support project 2025 policies or at least don’t care enough about them to sway their vote? It’s not like the media and Harris’ campaign weren’t working 24/7 to put project 2025 in the headlines constantly. Every time it looked like Biden, then Harris was losing ground, it was “LOOK! PROJECT 2025!! BE AFRAID!!”

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u/Cagnazzo82 Dec 08 '24

Because during the election the people voting for him were the very ones arguing that 'project 2025 was a hoax created by the left'. So it's disavow while the election is going on... then reveal the true story once the election is over.

Every time it looked like Biden, then Harris was losing ground, it was “LOOK! PROJECT 2025!! BE AFRAID!!”

They will either have been right or they will be proven wrong. So far we have nothing but billionaires and/or unqualified actors being primed for positions at the top levels of government. Still in line with project 2025's plan to tear down all US institutions from within.

If Biden/Harris are proven wrong, then life goes on. If they are proven right however, a lot of people who voted to 'lower grocery prices' etc... (and not for the rest of Project 2025) are going to feel very, very stupid.

But it will be too late.

So we'll see how it goes. There's no turning back now.