• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Barely. Probably equally bad in some cases.

    An educated citizenry that actively participates in government is the best solution, but we know that’s almost impossible for multiple reasons.

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      6 days ago

      I would not say equally bad, citizens are at least theoretically able to influence their government in a democratic system; you have no hope of influencing the ESRB or MPAA or CCA

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        6 days ago

        Equal “badness” in the sense of commercial/oligarchy takeover or the authoritarian nanny state. Extremes where citizen input is token at best. Russia is technically a democracy, but no regular person there has a hope of changing the government or policy with a vote.