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Yes, there’s tons of things that make the process unfair, but does that make the system not be a democracy? It’s a flawed one, one that basically only allows white dudes to vote, but the system is still a democracy.

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eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Blocked the right to vote for one sex

Blocked the right to vote for non-whites

Polls taxes blocked the right to vote for non-whites and the poor

Excluded Natives from voting

The first vote for the president had less than 1% of Americans vote, Washington running unopposed for his terms

Voter ID laws are a tax on the poor

Gerrymandering where the politicians choose the voters.

Electoral college

No time off for voting, meaning the working poor aren’t likely to vote

Voting by mail blocked by most states, the ones that the EC weighs unequally

Yeah, democracy.
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stelelor@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
What if only people who make over $500k annually can vote? Is that still a democracy?

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- Randelung@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I get you’re referring to a plutocracy. The question is if the US is so far gone that it’s out of flawed democracy territory - the lines are definitely blurred and I’d argue it depends on the state.
  
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