Imma bring up an example to maybe explain it easier. North Korea calls itself the "Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea". In their official understanding/rhetoric they have a democracy in which the administration acts in the interest of the people instead of a few bureaucratic elites. In reality it's the other way around. Now, if someone said "Look at what democracy does to a country!!11!", would you not object?

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

God damn that is an excellent, concise refutation of his tired point. Definitely going to borrow that argument in the future

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

yeah.. the cognitive dissonance hurts