Not directly related (I just don’t get it either aesthetically or humorously) but there’s something which seems to be ignored nowadays: the original Greek Democracy was based by town and also the « demos », people which were highly segregated from « the other people ». The word « barbarian » actually described non-Greek people coming from the North.
Nowadays, democracy (which rightfully doesn’t deserve its Capital D anymore) is just a trick to get the masses unhappily mixed, frightened and obedient.
We are NOT a democracy...
While often categorized as a democracy, the United States is more accurately defined as a constitutional federal republic. “Constitutional” refers to the fact that government in the United States is based on a Constitution which is the supreme law of the United States.
Thank you kindly dear friend....when is your big day? I may have known, but my brain doesn't work quite like it used to...spring is my busy season for family birthdays so I am just about worn out...I know your anniversary is Christmas Eve...because mine is New Year's Eve...we think alike.
When you get older you don't focus much on your birthday, but it is always nice to be remembered...my birthday falls on Mother's Day every 6 years and my kids are always so loving and thoughtful.
Enjoy this wonderful day...I will...I have lunch out with one daughter and then dinner out with another daughter...I will be stuffed...God has blessed me with some really good kids...I am so grateful...and blessed..💖
I was born on Columbus Day in a country that doesn’t celebrate it, btw. I am so glad you are well surrounded on this special day. I hope you keep feeling blessed for as long as you remember you actually are.🙏🏻💐
Yes...it is the 2nd Monday in October...but since you don't celebrate it how would you know...actually read that Columbus wasn't such a great character...sadly...
The point is that in order to get anything done, you absolutely need a very long time horizon to plan things. For this, you need things like governments and laws and taxes to be inherently stable. But a free-for-all pure democracy is the opposite of inherently stable.
If you cannot count on relative stability, you cannot plan and invest in the long-term and if you cannot do that, you 100% fail to compete with those who can.
This is why the US now has a uniparty and clans of hereditary politicians. Whatever the original idea was, the system necessarily tends towards increased stability. And why the system absolutely went nuts when Trump was elected explicitly to make it less stagnant.
So if you want to fix democracy, you need to figure out how to maximize stability while also making sure the stagnant stable system doesn't become a swamp. Good luck with that :)
I asked chatgpt what the image means and it got the jist of it: This meme is a play on words. The image shows a boat with potatoes, suggesting the phrase "tater ship," which sounds like "dictatorship." The caption, "this is not a democracy it's a," implies that instead of being a democracy, it is a "dictatorship," using the visual pun of a ship full of potatoes to complete the joke.
Thought it was a dick tater ship, then realised it was a Biden Boat Parade
MSM is full of common taters
Not directly related (I just don’t get it either aesthetically or humorously) but there’s something which seems to be ignored nowadays: the original Greek Democracy was based by town and also the « demos », people which were highly segregated from « the other people ». The word « barbarian » actually described non-Greek people coming from the North.
Nowadays, democracy (which rightfully doesn’t deserve its Capital D anymore) is just a trick to get the masses unhappily mixed, frightened and obedient.
Dick-tater-ship
Thank you...couldn't figure it out....
u/#kek
oh, my...
i thought it was a boatload of dicks lol
We are NOT a democracy... While often categorized as a democracy, the United States is more accurately defined as a constitutional federal republic. “Constitutional” refers to the fact that government in the United States is based on a Constitution which is the supreme law of the United States.
Hello Dear Tweetie!🤗💐
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, M’AM!🥰
Thank you kindly dear friend....when is your big day? I may have known, but my brain doesn't work quite like it used to...spring is my busy season for family birthdays so I am just about worn out...I know your anniversary is Christmas Eve...because mine is New Year's Eve...we think alike.
When you get older you don't focus much on your birthday, but it is always nice to be remembered...my birthday falls on Mother's Day every 6 years and my kids are always so loving and thoughtful.
Enjoy this wonderful day...I will...I have lunch out with one daughter and then dinner out with another daughter...I will be stuffed...God has blessed me with some really good kids...I am so grateful...and blessed..💖
I was born on Columbus Day in a country that doesn’t celebrate it, btw. I am so glad you are well surrounded on this special day. I hope you keep feeling blessed for as long as you remember you actually are.🙏🏻💐
Haha...Columbus Day changes dates so what is the actual date? The 14th?
12th, I didn’t know it was changing.🤓💐
Yes...it is the 2nd Monday in October...but since you don't celebrate it how would you know...actually read that Columbus wasn't such a great character...sadly...
A pure democracy doesn't work even in theory.
The point is that in order to get anything done, you absolutely need a very long time horizon to plan things. For this, you need things like governments and laws and taxes to be inherently stable. But a free-for-all pure democracy is the opposite of inherently stable.
If you cannot count on relative stability, you cannot plan and invest in the long-term and if you cannot do that, you 100% fail to compete with those who can.
This is why the US now has a uniparty and clans of hereditary politicians. Whatever the original idea was, the system necessarily tends towards increased stability. And why the system absolutely went nuts when Trump was elected explicitly to make it less stagnant.
So if you want to fix democracy, you need to figure out how to maximize stability while also making sure the stagnant stable system doesn't become a swamp. Good luck with that :)
I asked chatgpt what the image means and it got the jist of it: This meme is a play on words. The image shows a boat with potatoes, suggesting the phrase "tater ship," which sounds like "dictatorship." The caption, "this is not a democracy it's a," implies that instead of being a democracy, it is a "dictatorship," using the visual pun of a ship full of potatoes to complete the joke.
cock potatoes? stop, you'll get the liberal "men" excited
The emperor has hairy legs