Given the exponentially oversized influence that rich capitalists have on politics everywhere that is not socialist, it is evidently more democratic to not allow them to participate in politics at all.
You know, governance of the people, by the people, and all that.
Elections being postponed during wartime is pretty standard. If he won’t voluntarily leave office when the war’s over then we can talk about it not being a democracy.
well thankfully it is extremely rare. and I assume you can finally accept that Ukraine’s current circumstances are the same kind of extreme circumstances as it was the other countries mentioned.
I mean… Can Chinese people vote out the current party and pick something else?
Yes? No? No. How the fuck is it a democracy then.
Given the exponentially oversized influence that rich capitalists have on politics everywhere that is not socialist, it is evidently more democratic to not allow them to participate in politics at all.
You know, governance of the people, by the people, and all that.
The party? No. The people? Yes.
the people? the people what? the people voting out the current people? that makes no sense.
The party cannot be voted out, the people in the party can be voted out.
So then you’d concede Ukraine is not democratic since they can’t vote out Zelenskyy, right?
The point here being - democracy isn’t just “the presence of multiple political parties”.
Elections being postponed during wartime is pretty standard. If he won’t voluntarily leave office when the war’s over then we can talk about it not being a democracy.
In what countries?
All of them?
Specifically?
Palestine this year for example.
UK, France, Canada, New Zealand during WW I or II.
Lebanon, Ethiopia I think both this year.
Kuwait, Cyprus, in the 90s, South Korea in the 50s.
So it’s extremely rare and only done in extreme circumstances lol.
Well… yes? Wars are (thankfully) pretty rare, and they’re about as extreme as circumstances get.
well thankfully it is extremely rare. and I assume you can finally accept that Ukraine’s current circumstances are the same kind of extreme circumstances as it was the other countries mentioned.