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[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

It's called "voting with your feet". Being free to leave is power. Means a hell of a lot more than up- and down-doots.

[-] DominatorX1@thelemmy.club -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In a democracy the vote determines policy.

But this is obvious. Right?

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

You saw the whole paragraph where I talked about how lemmy is not a democracy, right? And literally cited this as one if the reasons why?

Like I get that you're probably responding to multiple subthreads right now, but it only takes a few seconds to scroll up.

[-] DominatorX1@thelemmy.club -4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And you also stated that it is inherently democratic.

Would it kill you to stop being so coy and evasive?

It's a thousand dictatorships.

[-] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 days ago

In a democracy, the community determines policy. Votes are orthogonal. If the community leaves when they disagree, by definition everyone that is remains agrees with the policy, making it a democratic policy. The friction to changing instance is very minimal, so it's a good indicator of people's opinions.

[-] DominatorX1@thelemmy.club -1 points 2 days ago

Yeah but they aren't actually determining policy. Obviously.

Why are you bullshitting?

[-] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 days ago

The first sentence was a response to you asserting voting is essential to democracy, which is false. The rest of the comment was a response to you not accepting Nemo@slrpnk.net's argument.

If you can't find an instance you agree with, and you have a mass of people who agree with you but are collectively too lazy to create a new instance, you would communicate your stance with words. Lemmy has a system for leaving text statements. You seem to be familiar. But there's no mechanism to force the instance operator to obey you.

[-] DominatorX1@thelemmy.club 0 points 2 days ago

But that wasn't my question, was it?

My question was whether you prefer a democracy or a dictatorship.

The answer is clearly dictatorship.

this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2025
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