MastKalandar@feddit.online to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIs it necessary to bring in the paramilitary to carry out a democratic election ?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down121
arrow-up1-12arrow-down1message-squareIs it necessary to bring in the paramilitary to carry out a democratic election ?MastKalandar@feddit.online to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 months agoNo, in most countries it works fine without it.
minus-squareMastKalandar@feddit.onlineOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 months agoYou should see the heavily armed atmosphere at my place, tomorrow being the general elections for us. I live in the World’s Largest Democracy.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 months agoI don’t think I’ve ever seen police or any security when I voting. Unless the the old lady that checks your ID counts.
minus-squareMastKalandar@feddit.onlineOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoWelcome to the World’s Largest Democracy !!!
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months ago World’s Largest Democracy. By headcount. The US is still the largest by mass.
minus-squareGoodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoLast time I checked, Canada is larger than the US and still a democracy
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoAs I love to say to my fellow Americans: “Land doesn’t vote.” It’s the mass of the people that matters. Do you think Canada outweighs the US?
minus-squaremicek@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoWell I’ve heard rumors that Utah and California has about equal amounts of votes, land doesn’t vore? Please tell me I’m wrong!
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYou’re wrong for the Senate, right for the house and electoral college. But for the Senate, representation is not based on population, so Wyoming for example has outsized influence.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agothey cheat though with tim hortons and poutine.
minus-squareMastKalandar@feddit.onlineOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWhat’s the population of the US ??
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThe real question is: what’s the average weight of us Americans.
minus-squarekbal@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoHe’s probably including the mass of the land.
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoIt’s a joke on fat Americans
minus-squareStarya67@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoIndia? Yes. Well. Is it still a democracy? I think that perhaps the fact that the army is involved shows that it really isn’t anymore. Also: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/india-west-bengal-state-elections-millions-stripped-of-vote
minus-squareMastKalandar@feddit.onlineOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThank you for sharing this report. Well, l actually fall in this list.
minus-squareMastKalandar@feddit.onlineOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoPrecisely where l’m from.
No, in most countries it works fine without it.
You should see the heavily armed atmosphere at my place, tomorrow being the general elections for us. I live in the World’s Largest Democracy.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen police or any security when I voting. Unless the the old lady that checks your ID counts.
Welcome to the World’s Largest Democracy !!!
By headcount. The US is still the largest by mass.
Last time I checked, Canada is larger than the US and still a democracy
As I love to say to my fellow Americans: “Land doesn’t vote.” It’s the mass of the people that matters.
Do you think Canada outweighs the US?
Well I’ve heard rumors that Utah and California has about equal amounts of votes, land doesn’t vore? Please tell me I’m wrong!
You’re wrong for the Senate, right for the house and electoral college. But for the Senate, representation is not based on population, so Wyoming for example has outsized influence.
they cheat though with tim hortons and poutine.
What’s the population of the US ??
The real question is: what’s the average weight of us Americans.
He’s probably including the mass of the land.
It’s a joke on fat Americans
India? Yes. Well. Is it still a democracy? I think that perhaps the fact that the army is involved shows that it really isn’t anymore.
Also: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/india-west-bengal-state-elections-millions-stripped-of-vote
Thank you for sharing this report. Well, l actually fall in this list.
Precisely where l’m from.