• quick_snail@feddit.nl
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    6 months ago

    There was a time when we considered countries where women couldn’t vote as a “democracy”

    The goal posts shifted. As they should.

    In the 21st century, I don’t think we can call a system without rank choice voting a democracy. The US has never met modern standards of a Democracy

    • Obi@sopuli.xyz
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      6 months ago

      That eliminates pretty much the entire commonwealth except Australia, right?

      • Soggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I think clinging on to inherited royalty is another big point against “democracy”, no matter how vestigial.

    • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      6 months ago

      In the 21st century, I don’t think we can call a system without rank choice voting a democracy. The US has never met modern standards of a Democracy

      While I very much hope the goal posts can be shifted that far, I think we haven’t quite made it there yet

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      In the 21st century, I don’t think we can call a system without rank choice voting a democracy

      I’m not sure you can call a country a democracy if parties are fully outlawed.