From cc61380394b402004535acb70afe460a6e71d4c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dessalines Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 16:12:30 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update crash_course_socialism.md --- crash_course_socialism.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/crash_course_socialism.md b/crash_course_socialism.md index 76560a6..1be8bdd 100644 --- a/crash_course_socialism.md +++ b/crash_course_socialism.md @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Economic systems, such as Capitalism, don't invent, *create* or *build* anything ## Democracy -Socialists view democracy under capitalism to be an unrealistic utopia, better labeled as [Bourgeois Democracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_Marxism), or democracy for the rich, which socialists contrast with proletarian democracy. Under capitalism, political parties, representatives, infrastructure, and the media **are controlled by capitalists**, who place restrictions and limitations on the ability and choices of the working class. [Bourgeois democracies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_democracy#Dictatorship_of_the_bourgeoisie) tend to be highly plutocratic, resulting in legislation [favorable to the wealthy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig), regardless of the population's actual preferences. Examples of restrictions include stacking the candidates before an election, the [First Past the Post](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo) voting system (which enforces capitalist two party domination), [gerrymandering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering), long term limits with no way to recall unpopular representatives, restrictions crafted to disenfranchise poor and minority voters, bills directly crafted by lobbyists and bourgeois lawmakers, voter suppression, electoral fraud, unverifiable closed source electronic voting systems, capitalist campaign financing, low voter to representative ratios, and inconvienient voting locations and times. In short, political democracy can't exist without economic democracy. +Socialists view democracy under capitalism to be an unrealistic utopia, better labeled as [Bourgeois Democracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_Marxism), or democracy for the rich, which socialists contrast with proletarian democracy. Under capitalism, political parties, representatives, infrastructure, and the media **are controlled by capitalists**, who place restrictions and limitations on the ability and choices of the working class. [Bourgeois democracies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_democracy#Dictatorship_of_the_bourgeoisie) tend to be highly plutocratic, resulting in legislation [favorable to the wealthy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig), regardless of the population's actual preferences. Examples of restrictions include stacking the candidates before an election, the [First Past the Post](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo) voting system (which enforces capitalist two party domination), [gerrymandering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering), long term limits with no way to recall unpopular representatives, restrictions crafted to disenfranchise poor and minority voters, bills directly crafted by lobbyists and bourgeois lawmakers, voter suppression, electoral fraud, unverifiable closed source electronic voting systems, capitalist campaign financing, low voter to representative ratios, inconvienient voting locations and times, and most pervasive, candidate stacking. **Most elections are performed before we ever get to the polling booth**. In short, political democracy can't exist without economic democracy. ## Unsustainable Growth @@ -389,4 +389,4 @@ Danny Katch - Socialism…. Seriously Memes: [/r/FULLCOMMUNISM](https://www.reddit.com/r/FULLCOMMUNISM/), [/r/COMPLETEANARCHY](https://www.reddit.com/r/COMPLETEANARCHY/), [/r/ShitLiberalsSay](https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitLiberalsSay/) -Credit to /u/gab91, /r/socialism, /r/socialism_101, /r/communism101. \ No newline at end of file +Credit to /u/gab91, /r/socialism, /r/socialism_101, /r/communism101.