Tougher laws are said to inspire clandestine attacks on the "property and machinery" of the fossil fuel economy.

Tougher laws are said to inspire clandestine attacks on the “property and machinery” of the fossil fuel economy.

    • solo@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Of course. In this case, it refers to representative democracies and it is totally debatable how democratic they are.

      Direct democracy on the other hand, is democratic. There is no question about that, no matter if one likes it or not.

      • Successful_Try543@feddit.orgEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Direct democracy on the other hand, is democratic. There is no question about that, no matter if one likes it or not.

        If mass media defines/makes/shapes the public opinion, and mass media is owned by few. Isn’t any democracy becoming kind of an oligarchy then?