solo@slrpnk.net to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 个月前As Europe criminalizes environmental protest, some activists turn to sabotagewww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1202arrow-down1external-linkAs Europe criminalizes environmental protest, some activists turn to sabotagewww.motherjones.comsolo@slrpnk.net to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 个月前message-square21fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
Tougher laws are said to inspire clandestine attacks on the “property and machinery” of the fossil fuel economy.
minus-squareCaptainProton@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 个月前“Democratic” is a relative term.
minus-squaresolo@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 个月前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.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 个月前 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?
“Democratic” is a relative term.
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?