☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago75.92% turnout in Cuba’s legislative electionspeoplesdispatch.orgexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down14
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-link75.92% turnout in Cuba’s legislative electionspeoplesdispatch.org☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squarepingveno@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·2 years agoWhat incentive do government officials have to listen when dissent is suppressed, sometimes violently, and citizens have no meaningful vote?
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 years agoBecause government officials in Cuba come from the people they represent, not from hermetic oligarchy like in US.
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.