(August 22, 2024 at 11:10 pm)Ivan Denisovich Wrote:(August 22, 2024 at 11:03 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: That's really on-point. They want to claim the language of liberalism, but want illiberal mean to enforce it. Freedom for everyone, but wimmenfolk get harnessed to the birthing-straps and black folks get kept in "black jobs".
Never mind the illegals who pluck our tomatoes and clip our celery -- they can't vote so they don't matter at all.
But hey, we want rights for all, now don't we?
Exactly. New right seeing that yearning for Hitler did not bring the votes started co-opting liberal language and sadly results seems to be good (for them) judging by popularity of far right worldwide.
Of course one can say that it shows something being deeply wrong with democracy (or rather elected politicians) if voters fall for it and even I must say that sometimes they stumble upon real problems, though their solutions are beyond idiotic.
I think it speaks more to our electorate and our system of education, rather than democracy itself. Democracy does indeed require an educated electorate, and that does scare politicians, but I'd say it falls on voters who can't discern bullshit from apple-butter.
