There are those things that used to be "the fringe people on the internet", and there were a few of them, and you could chuckle, because nobody was going to take them seriously right

[cwebber@social.coop]

There are those things that used to be "the fringe people on the internet", and there were a few of them, and you could chuckle, because nobody was going to take them seriously right

Like "we should remove democracy and install a CEO king"

Nobody's ever going to take THOSE people seriously right

[cwebber@social.coop]

oh wait they did
oh shit they're in power now
oh shit oh fuck fucking yikes

[cwebber@social.coop]

Similarly, I remember reading A Confederacy of Dunces and pretentious medievalist studies student Ignacius J. Reilly tells his mother that he opposes a democratically elected republic and would prefer a monarchy.

"Ain't nobody ever wanted no king, Ignacius", his mom says, and I thought, well of course nobody ever wanted a king, this part of the book is just silly, that wouldn't happen

[cstanhope@social.coop]

@cwebber I know this doesn't explain everything, and it's a completely US perspective. But I noticed growing up that we mostly compartmentalize democracy in the US and practice it in very few ways. Mostly only in government. Even our legislative bodies constantly hand new powers over to the executive branches.

(I realize this is a convenient strategy. It allows a legislator to run for or against an executive without taking responsibility themselves.)