• CleoCommunist@lemmy.ml
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    31 minutes ago

    In Italy we had a communist party in parliament but not anymore since Berlusconi (wich fortunately died After 4 terms)

    I Hope every day we Will have a real left again in Italy, wich now Is like these other countries

  • ZeroHora@lemmy.ml
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    22 hours ago

    But I can say mean things to my government(that they ignore) so is very democratic. If I can VOTE(the most important thing) and if I can complain, it’s democracy.

    • just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 hours ago

      If voting didn’t work, you will blame it on corruption or unprecedented times like war or natural disaster.

      Its either democracy or some external thing happened, never that voting didn’t bring democracy.

      And we haven’t even touched the subject of legally making it difficult for minority and “unwanted” groups to vote. We also didn’t talk about immigrants who live work and pay taxes but are not represented by voting

      • ZeroHora@lemmy.ml
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        1 hour ago

        My criticism is that the average person thinks that democracy and politics are just about voting. Voting is the bare minimum to engage in a democracy, only voting every 2-4 years achieves nothing.

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      Can you point me to a party that holds any significant amount of power that isn’t just a Tory with a different preference for what sort of worker gets killed at the altar of capital today?