solo@slrpnk.net to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoAs Europe criminalizes environmental protest, some activists turn to sabotagewww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1197arrow-down1external-linkAs Europe criminalizes environmental protest, some activists turn to sabotagewww.motherjones.comsolo@slrpnk.net to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.net
Tougher laws are said to inspire clandestine attacks on the “property and machinery” of the fossil fuel economy.
minus-squaresolo@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoOf course. In this case, it refers to representative democracies and it is totally debatable how democratic they are. Direct democracy on the other hand, is democratic. There is no question about that, no matter if one likes it or not.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day ago Direct democracy on the other hand, is democratic. There is no question about that, no matter if one likes it or not. If mass media defines/makes/shapes the public opinion, and mass media is owned by few. Isn’t any democracy becoming kind of an oligarchy then?
Of course. In this case, it refers to representative democracies and it is totally debatable how democratic they are.
Direct democracy on the other hand, is democratic. There is no question about that, no matter if one likes it or not.
If mass media defines/makes/shapes the public opinion, and mass media is owned by few. Isn’t any democracy becoming kind of an oligarchy then?