And why does having them a bad thing

@Deleted User You sort of jumped in dude

@Fitzydog And? Does that make your statement right?

The US is a democracy

No

the power is vested on the people

it is a republic

Simple mate

DAWG a republic can be democratic you know that right?

@Capitán Alatriste ANYWAYS, to answer your question

France is a republic

is it not a democracy?

Germany is also a republic

is it not a democracy?

It is about scale

being more or less

and it is more built to be a republic

And France is built to be what?

A fucking monarchy?

As @Capitán Alatriste said:
"An old and outdated system of representation and election, massive gaps in equality, large social divides, an economy which is selling out to foreign production hubs etc... of course the massive lobbying of companies are another huge problem"

Are you retarded?

@DanConway Are you? what is a democracy on your mind?

@DanConway small gaps although morally bad aren't a problem, it is however when they become massive. Nowadays the gap between thr poor and the rich is ever growing, making it more and more impossible for the lowest to reach the highest. Social mobility is the sign of a healthy economy but with larger gaps in income and wealth this disappears.

If I was a mod, i'd be abusing my power so much right now

Oh no

The free speech warrior would silence me?

Not so free right

you might be a SJW buddy

:)

freedom of association, bucko

@Deleted User dude stop

@Capitán Alatriste Dont tell me to stop mate

@Fitzydog When youtube chooses not to associate with Alex Jones i bet you also think its right <:think_madpepe:378717098630971395>

Okay, *I* will tell you to stop, please. We were having a respectful discussion with our international friend here.

I I dont think those gaps account for the ammount people at the bottom have now compared to even 50 years ago

99.9 percent of people in the US have a refrigerator

this is a form of wealth that is not taken into account with so called "income Inequality"

@Capitán Alatriste The 'gap' isn't necessarily even a bad thing. It's *good* that the bottom don't have a good chance to reach the top, because that means the top is that much higher

If they could easily reach the top, then that would mean the difference between the two would be negligible

It's like, a person making 15k/yr, going up to $150k a year is a HUGE increase, sure.

*But your 1% only makes $150k a year?* That's shameful.

@DanConway refrigerators once a luxury are now a commodity. The income imequality refers mostly to the difference between the income the lower classes have vs the rise in prices. Not only that, but these wages are falling or not adjusting to price increase effectively making them poorer