Fewer people now say representative democracy is a very good way to govern in many countries surveyed. (www.pewresearch.org)

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[-] asg101@hexbear.net 66 points 8 months ago

This is what happens when people figure out their "representatives" only represent the ruling class.

[-] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 18 points 8 months ago

One problem in the US is that the purpose of the House of Representatives has been completely subverted. It was supposed to scale up with the population so the representatives really would be part of the community they represent. But we stopped increasing the number of representatives and that lets the ruling elite control them better. The representatives no longer come from their community and the wealthy have less candidates they have to prop up. And the lower count means that gerrymandering is far more effective.

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 39 points 8 months ago

The main problem though is that the US government was built intentionally and from the ground up around representing wealthy landowners. The entire system was never meant to represent the common person and it never will.