You know it’s kind of hilarious to me, you listed all these scenarios that you think must be disqualifying in their absurdity. Yet I think those are all legitimate points. Yeah I don’t think it counts as a democracy if half the population isn’t allowed to participate. Totally valid. Yeah I’m not entirely sure there should be any voting age whatsoever. Yeah I don’t believe only citizens should vote. I find the concept of citizenship in general troubling . These are all arguments I would entertain seriously. The fact that you think they were too absurd to even mention shows how far apart we are.
But let’s table that for a second and address the second half of your comment. That in an oligarchy only the rulers vote. And then your second argument there at the end that relies entirely on citizenship. So who decides citizenship ? What if only the rulers are citizens. That’s pretty much how oligarchy’s usually operate. They are the only citizens. The only citizens are usually a wealthy Elite ruling class. So again I ask is that not democracy? If a small click of elite citizens voting would qualify as a democracy to you then why is an oligarchy not a democracy? You keep backing yourself into this corner and then acting like you’re not in a corner and I don’t understand it. How can you have it both ways? You’re pretending it’s a line you won’t cross but you’re already a mile past it.
Yeah I’m not entirely sure there should be any voting age whatsoever. Yeah I don’t believe only citizens should vote. I find the concept of citizenship in general troubling . These are all arguments I would entertain seriously. The fact that you think they were too absurd to even mention shows how far apart we are.
Yeah. It does. If you think that any polity that doesn’t allow children and non-citizens to vote isn’t democracy, you’re so far from seriousness that there’s no point in continuing.
Still ducking and dodging it looks like. Not willing to say straight out what your definition is. But we already know what it is. Anyone reading this can see very clearly what you’ve outlined. They know that your view of democracy is so incredibly broad that it’s absurd. That by your definition oligarchy is democracy. You don’t want to say that cuz it sounds absurd but that’s literally what all your statements add up to. It’s okay. I like to think of democracy as pluralism, the rule of the people, and if all the people aren’t participating or at least allowed to participate then it’s clearly not a democracy it’s not a rule of the people. You’re more of the white land owning male sort of definition. Which I don’t consider democracy. Cuz it’s literally oligarchy. That’s fine, just stop calling it democracy.
Yes you tightly defined it. Any system in which any number of people vote. That was your definition. Then you changed your mind again and said oligarchy is not democracy. That’s why we’re still here. You defined it then you blinked. The one who reversed course was you.
You know it’s kind of hilarious to me, you listed all these scenarios that you think must be disqualifying in their absurdity. Yet I think those are all legitimate points. Yeah I don’t think it counts as a democracy if half the population isn’t allowed to participate. Totally valid. Yeah I’m not entirely sure there should be any voting age whatsoever. Yeah I don’t believe only citizens should vote. I find the concept of citizenship in general troubling . These are all arguments I would entertain seriously. The fact that you think they were too absurd to even mention shows how far apart we are.
But let’s table that for a second and address the second half of your comment. That in an oligarchy only the rulers vote. And then your second argument there at the end that relies entirely on citizenship. So who decides citizenship ? What if only the rulers are citizens. That’s pretty much how oligarchy’s usually operate. They are the only citizens. The only citizens are usually a wealthy Elite ruling class. So again I ask is that not democracy? If a small click of elite citizens voting would qualify as a democracy to you then why is an oligarchy not a democracy? You keep backing yourself into this corner and then acting like you’re not in a corner and I don’t understand it. How can you have it both ways? You’re pretending it’s a line you won’t cross but you’re already a mile past it.
Yeah. It does. If you think that any polity that doesn’t allow children and non-citizens to vote isn’t democracy, you’re so far from seriousness that there’s no point in continuing.
Still ducking and dodging it looks like. Not willing to say straight out what your definition is. But we already know what it is. Anyone reading this can see very clearly what you’ve outlined. They know that your view of democracy is so incredibly broad that it’s absurd. That by your definition oligarchy is democracy. You don’t want to say that cuz it sounds absurd but that’s literally what all your statements add up to. It’s okay. I like to think of democracy as pluralism, the rule of the people, and if all the people aren’t participating or at least allowed to participate then it’s clearly not a democracy it’s not a rule of the people. You’re more of the white land owning male sort of definition. Which I don’t consider democracy. Cuz it’s literally oligarchy. That’s fine, just stop calling it democracy.
I literally defined it, and you acknowledged it as tightly defined before reversing course.
Yeah.
Yes you tightly defined it. Any system in which any number of people vote. That was your definition. Then you changed your mind again and said oligarchy is not democracy. That’s why we’re still here. You defined it then you blinked. The one who reversed course was you.