MastKalandar@feddit.online to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIs it necessary to bring in the paramilitary to carry out a democratic election ?message-squaremessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoNo, in most countries it works wine without it.
minus-squareMastKalandar@feddit.onlineOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month 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-up5·1 month 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-up5·1 month agoWelcome to the World’s Largest Democracy !!!
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month ago World’s Largest Democracy. By headcount. The US is still the largest by mass.
minus-squareGoodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoLast time I checked, Canada is larger than the US and still a democracy
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agothey cheat though with tim hortons and poutine.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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-up1·21 days 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-up1·21 days 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-squareMastKalandar@feddit.onlineOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWhat’s the population of the US ??
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThe real question is: what’s the average weight of us Americans.
minus-squarekbal@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoHe’s probably including the mass of the land.
minus-squareStarya67@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoThank you for sharing this report. Well, l actually fall in this list.
minus-squareMastKalandar@feddit.onlineOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoPrecisely where l’m from.
No, in most countries it works wine 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
they cheat though with tim hortons and poutine.
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.
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.