☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago75.92% turnout in Cuba’s legislative electionspeoplesdispatch.orgexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down13cross-posted to: cubacuba@lemmy.ml
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-link75.92% turnout in Cuba’s legislative electionspeoplesdispatch.org☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square65fedilinkcross-posted to: cubacuba@lemmy.ml
minus-square@pingveno@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish-5•1 year agoWhat incentive do government officials have to listen when dissent is suppressed, sometimes violently, and citizens have no meaningful vote?
minus-square@PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoBecause government officials in Cuba come from the people they represent, not from hermetic oligarchy like in US.
You might have answered your own question, there…
What incentive do government officials have to listen when dissent is suppressed, sometimes violently, and citizens have no meaningful vote?
Exactly!!
Because government officials in Cuba come from the people they represent, not from hermetic oligarchy like in US.