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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

No, you can't just rewrite the definition of democracy

Interestingly, not even the ancient greeks would consider what modern-day western states are, as democracies. Both Aristotle and Plato considered any system based on elections to be undemocratic oligarchies, since only the wealthy have the money to finance campaigns or the prestige to win the popularity contest.

They rightly considered democracy as meaning rule by the poor, which is the opposite of modern day bourgeois democracy.