Oh so baity!
You can remove "western democracy" there I guess.
Also nah, I can speak out against my boss, my eventual landlord and protest in the streets, because I live in France, a western democracy.
YMMW.
I bet OP hasn't actually done any of the things they listed. Reads like an edgy teenager.
The French are smart enough to burn cars and loot when their government tries to pull some bullshit. I wish Germans were that smart.
For the first 2 points: Don't use "Western democracies". This is a US problem. Canada has much stronger labour and home protections.
3rd point: Getting banned online is a "you" problem. Your government has nothing to do with why your shitty opinions get you banned or muted. The fact that you even have the ability to complain about your government online is a luxury many other governments don't afford to their people.
4th point: Whining about cereal variety makes the entire argument hold less water. Who the fuck cares about brands of cereal. Buy your cereal or don't, but shut the fuck up about it. This is an empty complaint about capitalism.
5th point: Fair enough.
I don't directly mean you, OP. Unless you made the meme... In which case I do mean directly you.
I think cereal is brought in to demonstrate the absurdity of the situation, where something so basic as worker's or renter's rights are non-existent but somehow energy already has went into something so stupid as cereal, which indeed nobody cares about.
It's more about how one of the big reasons America is supposed to be great is all the options you have. 40 brands of cereal is worth it all, is it not?
Not to mention the huge variety of great cheeses, wines, beers and deli meats you should be responsible and not waste your money on.
First point is definetly a problem in other western democracies. In Sweden there is the "loyalty obligation", which states that you have to -- according to one of the centrist unions here -- "put the interest of the company above your own". It is a strong intrusion in your freedom of speech.
In the US, maybe. But that’s considered a flawed democracy and getting worse all the time. Only 8% of the nations on earth are full democracies, a number that continues to fall because of the pessimism and stupidity promulgated by authoritarian regimes.
Germany on "full democracy" at the same time it bans symbols of Palestinian support and uses the state's violence to contain such manifestations.
Germany bans stuff al the time. It’s a consequence of our history and the historic leniency towards extremist edges. Your example is debatable in it’s execution, the general thought however is not.
Nobody's perfect, and if you're in Germany you should reach out to your politicians about it.
Haha! Australia is a full democracy? What a joke!
Australia is America's bitch. Even if our politicians gave a shit, they couldn't do anything.
Wait until they find out about non-American western countries
Except they tend to have higher union participation so it's harder to fire you and more permissible to speak out about your boss.
Everyone knows that democracy is when you vote for President every four years, and Totalitarian Fascism is when you vote for your union contract every five years.
if I speak out online I could be muted or banned
Do you have any idea what social platforms look like when this is not the case?
The random board on 4chan is a good indicator for how that would look like (very NSFW and depending on your location illegal content there)
Not solar.
Not punk.
This is grade 8 social studies.
If you think living in a non "western democracy" allows you to shit talk your boss or the government... I invite you to try.
I hope this won't be banned for wishing death on someone.
More like: I am so happy I live in america.
Everywhere else you have job protection and renters protection
Imagine being unironically anti-democracy and also claiming to be a socialist.
Not all socialists are Stalin-loving tankies, thankfully.
You live in USA, stop comparing your shit democracy with the rest of us
I live in Europe and the whole post resonated hard with me. Not sure in which lala land you live in.
Yeah totally should do that in an autocratic country, lets go with Russia and lets see how long it would take before the original poster is on their way to a Siberian gulag
Hey, my house has a lot things that need repaired. I should probably bring up these issues with my family, and get to work on fixing them.
Oh, the house down the road is on fire? Guess I should be fine my house is only falling into disrepair.
Whataboutism isn't necessary
That's the "in Africa kids are starving and you're refusing to eat your broccoli" level of argument. Yes, it's bad in Russia, but that doesn't mean everything is perfect in their country. And that doesn't mean they shouldn't strive to make the situation better. Moreover, without any push back it can only get worse.
Or in China, I'm sure they could at least say their concerns once before they're social credit is shit and they get disappeared.
coercive relationships are the root of evil
What disgusts me most about conservative voters and capitalists is most of them are so ignorant to admit that capitalism requires balance by virtue. You cannot exist in an environment where everyone is free to have money and buy things with that money and there will always ben enough supply for demand without serious guardrails to ensure it. What MAGA stands for is the idea that capitalism should be highly regulated, highly balanced, and highly fair. These people believe that to their core. They just… don’t vote that way. They’re so arrogant, so propagandized, they’ll continue to vote for the people that wish to continue destabilizing the balance.
That’s the least this person deserves for that crime against readability.
Hmm, I've done all of these things and haven't suffered the consequences you describe. Yes, in the US.
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