Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: ltlee1@hotmail.com (ltlee1) Newsgroups: soc.culture.china Subject: Re: Making Democracy Real-Wildly Expensive,Dubiously Effective Political Ad Machine Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:50:41 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: <111a46a147a586e90ee074f39c5fc2be@www.novabbs.com> References: <1729885779.143096@nyx2.nyx.net> <47089872d3a2e558325d0f3381f7933f@www.novabbs.com> <1730043928.120924@nyx2.nyx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="4047240"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="pxsmGrN7Y7mF0hfJcY//7F6kiWqDRq/tZN4FOOcim3s"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Posting-User: 0099cdd7dc5bd7b25c488bf8bcfab81a117b2ffc X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$SgHtgHOoLohFnBIFl/YwT.Lc06lBHppmzuCAqvz17XyNCQRw3.m2K Bytes: 1738 Lines: 9 This thread is about voting per se is not democracy. Ritualistic voting is not democracy. Voting, in contrast, is a show about the candidates, not necessarily related to the people. More money spent will definitely lead more news coverage and subsequently confers a sense of excitement and the feeling that US democracy is real. Nevertheless, Democracy is about People Rule, not People Vote. Ruling is a continuous process day after day. Not once every few years. If you or anyone have doubt on the surveys results indicating the elected government did not have the consent, please inform.