• NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      To be fair, what we specifically have is a republic, although we do have democratic voting to elect our representatives.

      Some of those representatives take the stance that they can choose whatever they want best, regardless of what their constituents want, because they were voted in.

      Other representatives take the stance that they should vote for whatever the majority of their constituents want.

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        4 months ago

        Some…representatives…choose whatever they want…because they were voted in.

        Oh that there’s the Republicans.

        Others…vote for whatever the majority of their consituents want.

        Found the Democrats.

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    4 months ago

    Just off the top of my head:

    State-sponsored higher education that is later paid back through taxes. Free healthcare, also paid for by taxes, and affordable medicine. Decent mass transit, although railways are a disgrace. Labour laws. Paid sick leave and mandatory minimum vacation days. Paid maternity leave, and tax breaks for new mothers.

    PM is a Russian asset, but still better than Trump.

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    4 months ago

    We have the four freedoms that guarantee the free movement of goods, capital, services, and people as part of the European single market.

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        4 months ago

        You’re still one country. Having states/provinces isn’t even a unique thing to the US

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          4 months ago

          Assuming you’re from Canada based on the .CA and says provinces (vs oblasts, cantons, or some other regional division), I would point at the interprovincial trade barriers.