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Re:$70M in 60 Seconds: How Insider Info Helped Someone 28x T... by dachris on Saturday April 12, 2025 @03:53AM (#43662319)
That may be the very long run. Taking it strictly, Russia never had real democracy. And they are trying hard to export that model.
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Re:$70M in 60 Seconds: How Insider Info Helped Someone 28x T... by autobodie on Saturday April 12, 2025 @04:11AM (#43662412)
Define "real democracy"
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Re:$70M in 60 Seconds: How Insider Info Helped Someone 28x T... by Draiken on Saturday April 12, 2025 @07:02AM (#43663337)
Like the American one where unelected billionaires control the government and the populace.

I always find it so surprising how people really do believe individuals have any real power despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

It's a capitalist society so capital is power. Doesn't get simpler than that. Voting is the circus to distract us so we don't realize how much we're being exploited, while giving a sense of agency that simply does not exist.

We can choose but they pick the choices we have.

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Re:$70M in 60 Seconds: How Insider Info Helped Someone 28x T... by autobodie on Saturday April 12, 2025 @09:33AM (#43664236)
> It's a capitalist society so capital is power.

Precisely.

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