Which is everything wrong with “representive” democracies, that they don’t actually represent voters wishes. Being unable to vote on what matters to you means we are left with imperfect choices.
Local elections do a lot of that. Citizens United pretty much guaranteed we won’t ever get that on the federal level any more to any appreciable degree, without a massive referendum against both major parties. Problem is those referendums usually end in more fascists with control. That’s how power vacuums work. Always have. Fascists know that, too, it’s why they appeal to the masses and especially the downtrodden and working class, and ask them to pick up pitch forks and torches and overturn the system - so they can then use the power vacuum to assert control with force, armed force, by putting down the revolution they started.
Fascists have mostly used the political system to gain power. Hitler took power legally, as did Mussolini. Franco is the only one who took power during a collapse of government and civil war.
Can you point to specific examples of referendums leading to fascists having more power? Seems a very bold claim to be making.
Yes, power vacuums exist within political systems as well, and fascists absolutely have just worked within systems that function as intended with the help of capital capture thanks to corporatists loving the policies and strong armed nature of fascists.
Which is everything wrong with “representive” democracies, that they don’t actually represent voters wishes. Being unable to vote on what matters to you means we are left with imperfect choices.
Local elections do a lot of that. Citizens United pretty much guaranteed we won’t ever get that on the federal level any more to any appreciable degree, without a massive referendum against both major parties. Problem is those referendums usually end in more fascists with control. That’s how power vacuums work. Always have. Fascists know that, too, it’s why they appeal to the masses and especially the downtrodden and working class, and ask them to pick up pitch forks and torches and overturn the system - so they can then use the power vacuum to assert control with force, armed force, by putting down the revolution they started.
Fascists have mostly used the political system to gain power. Hitler took power legally, as did Mussolini. Franco is the only one who took power during a collapse of government and civil war.
Can you point to specific examples of referendums leading to fascists having more power? Seems a very bold claim to be making.
Yes, power vacuums exist within political systems as well, and fascists absolutely have just worked within systems that function as intended with the help of capital capture thanks to corporatists loving the policies and strong armed nature of fascists.