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The idea that democracy already failed and americans are already serving oligarchs is more common than you might think. It’s certainly difficult to see how anti-trump people are anti-democracy: the mechanism with which trump won is distinctly NOT democratic. To some extent, democracy (and a republic to a far greater extent) only works because of fear of violence. This was discussed heavily in the early days of the re…
But then it didn't fail because the version that was implemented started off with oligarchs we have been slowly moving in the right direction
Ehh, you win some you lose some. If you look throughout history, our rights and needs are constantly defended. You could look at that as progress, or you could look at it as a constant rebuffing of powerful forces trying to change the direction of the country. It’s a matter of perspective. Personally i’ve found judging social progress to be a rather fruitless task in a general sense; only when we try to solve specific problems are there clear cut victories and losses.