• volodya_ilich@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    That’s not necessarily true, many supposedly democratic regimes consistently pass unpopular policy and don’t pass popular policy. E.g. welfare state cuts to expenditure in education, healthcare and pensions in post-2008 EU, or the lack of progressive policy in USA healthcare.

    It’s precisely this ignoring of the popular will that turns people to fascism