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Far-right wins first round in France election, run-off horsetrading begins (www.channelnewsasia.com)

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

so you only have one reasonable choice (Democracy vs not).

If it comes to that choice, it's already not a democracy, especially if that is the election tactics from liberals/centrist/moderates/whateverelsethefashenablerscallthemselves.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 2 points 3 months ago

If it's a nation state, it's already not a democracy.

The idea that choosing which particular rich people sit in a fancy building is somehow democracy is quite funny.