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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by masfuerte on Friday February 28, 2025 @07:59PM (#43214267)
America is a functioning democracy so individual Americans are much more responsible than individual Russians for the bullshit their respective countries do.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by slt2021 on Friday February 28, 2025 @08:23PM (#43214466)
America is not a democracy in a strict sense, its a republic. To be precise, modern America is a plutocracy, not democracy.

But did America ever pay reparations for centuries of enslaving its own people? Where is the accountability?

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by KPGv2 on Saturday March 01, 2025 @12:14AM (#43216202)
> America is not a democracy in a strict sense, its a republic

Most republics are democracies. You seem to think "democracy" is equivalent to "direct democracy," but a direct democracy is only one type of democracy. A republic is another form of democracy.

America is certainly a democracy (for now; who knows what will happen in two years)

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by dredmorbius on Saturday March 01, 2025 @12:13AM (#43216198)
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