[pastacacioepepe]

> Why is it that, in a country of 300 million people, there are only a handful of individuals to choose from for the presidency, and they often come from the same families as before? (rhetorical)

Couldn't have said it any better! People, especially USAers, should really learn how things work at home before talking about how bad the situation is somewhere else in the world.

Not only people with access to presidency/government mostly come from the same group of families, or caste, they also share the core political views, differences are mostly cosmetic. This is true not just of USA but of most other western democratic countries.

You can't outvote capitalist imperialism in the west.

The game is rigged with modern and effective propaganda, but if it looks like you're going to win anyway then they throw democracy away and switch to fascism and terrorism. See "Operation Gladio"[0] for an example of how this works, or see the countless coups orchestrated by western countries to protect the status quo.

.0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio

[qwytw]

Why are you posting this on this site? Haven't you read the guidelines?

[pastacacioepepe]

I did. Have you? Because you're breaking the guidelines.

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