minus-squareRaine_Wolf@lemm.eetoWorld News@lemmy.world•Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on oillinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoThe thing is that most voters would be in favor of such a thing. Which is why those policies rarely find their way to polls. We don’t live in a direct democracy. We live in an oligarchy. Edit: Talking about the US here. linkfedilink
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The thing is that most voters would be in favor of such a thing. Which is why those policies rarely find their way to polls. We don’t live in a direct democracy. We live in an oligarchy.
Edit: Talking about the US here.