True@lemy.lol to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoUS is unlikely to stop giving military aid to Israel − because it benefits from it.theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down113cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1142arrow-down1external-linkUS is unlikely to stop giving military aid to Israel − because it benefits from it.theconversation.comTrue@lemy.lol to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square41fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareMonkRome@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI think you’re making a values judgement instead of a logical one. No one was claiming the USA wasn’t a democracy when only male white land owners could vote. It was just a flawed society, but still a democracy.
minus-square???@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoThe USA? And no that was not a democracy either. Not even a flawed one. Just flat out undemocratic. Just like Israel. Feels like this “flawed democracy” stuff is just window dressing done by countries so they can maintain their undemocratic systems.
I think you’re making a values judgement instead of a logical one. No one was claiming the USA wasn’t a democracy when only male white land owners could vote. It was just a flawed society, but still a democracy.
The USA?
And no that was not a democracy either. Not even a flawed one. Just flat out undemocratic. Just like Israel.
Feels like this “flawed democracy” stuff is just window dressing done by countries so they can maintain their undemocratic systems.