A short 🧵 on how US style democracy prevents meaningful change or violent uprising against the oligarchs that run the country.
Every 4 years, the people get to exercise their “democratic rights” to pick from a pool of candidates put forward by the oligarchs.
As Marx put it: “The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.”
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