• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    the fundamental issues are here just as much as anywhere else on the globe

    That is simply not true, yes there are problems with right wing factions. But it is in no way comparable to the dysfunctional democracy of USA, or the authoritarian regimes like Russia and Belarus.

    What you are doing is making a false equivalence. It’s like saying democracy isn’t really different from a totalitarian state, because both have rules you can go to prison for.

    Obviously the 2 are not the same.

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      3 hours ago

      But it is in no way comparable to the dysfunctional democracy of USA, or the authoritarian regimes like Russia and Belarus.

      Why should we have to compare with oligarchical dystopias at all? SkyeStarfall is essentially saying are fundamental political and economic issues all across the globe as a result of capitalism, still existing even under social democracy because they’re inherent to the liberal capitalist foundation. The USA and Russia and Belarus are irrelevant to that statement. Fundamental problems are still fundamental problems even if they’re not as bad as some problem elsewhere, there’s no need to equivocate at all.