jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 24 days agoTrump team claims 250,000 watched military parade. ‘No Kings’ events drew 4 millionwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square100linkfedilinkarrow-up1799arrow-down17
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minus-squareZombie@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·23 days agoThat’s an awful lot of excuses for allowing fascism to proliferate. Democracy isn’t just ticking a box every 4-5 years and being done with it. If you don’t want to live under autocracy then you need to actually show up and make your voice heard. 37.5% of the US population could make time to watch the Super Bowl but less than 2% could make time to walk through their town/city centre? Shameful.
minus-squareseralth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoThe super bowl is broadcast into every store, restaurant and other local with a TV. People watch the super bowl from work in droves because it’s passive and just on regardless.
minus-squareZombie@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·23 days agoPassive seems to describe the American attitude to democracy as well.
That’s an awful lot of excuses for allowing fascism to proliferate.
Democracy isn’t just ticking a box every 4-5 years and being done with it.
If you don’t want to live under autocracy then you need to actually show up and make your voice heard.
37.5% of the US population could make time to watch the Super Bowl but less than 2% could make time to walk through their town/city centre? Shameful.
The super bowl is broadcast into every store, restaurant and other local with a TV. People watch the super bowl from work in droves because it’s passive and just on regardless.
Passive seems to describe the American attitude to democracy as well.