Absolutely, most people that think they'd take the high road and do the right thing in this situation are not being honest with themselves. As much as I'd love to believe that I would sacrifice everything to fight tiranny, I just know that when the time comes I would choose the easy way out and espace somwhere for a better life.

I too have noticed a general drop in the quality of content on Reddit. Some of the smaller communities keep providing good information but now it's a bit harder to find and sort them, others have absolutely went to shit.

Compared to most constitutions on the planet, it’s considered a short one.

Yeah but in that case they are right. Not voting for the bigger party that you don’t like that much could mean that another big party that you really dislike will win.

The people are not the problem, the system that doesn’t allow them to voice their opinions through a fully democratic vote is.

We usually talk about “democracies” as an umbrella term without regards to how their electoral and government systems actually work.

If you are using an app remember to turn on the option to see instance names right next to the poster's username.