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JPR_FI t1_iucsaul wrote

Reply to comment by CRimson9943 in U.S. partnering with India to enable it play 'broader stabilising role' in Indo-Pacific: senior Pentagon official by Gopu_17

In democracies opinions of the voters impact diplomacy as they grant the leaders their powers. That is not to say that arguing in Reddit makes any difference on anything, but opinions do matter and they can change things rapidly. For example prior of Feb Nato was a non-issue in Finland and majority of citizens either opposed it or considered it not relevant. That changed over night as the general sentiment changed and in just few months the application was sent.

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CRimson9943 t1_iucsdql wrote

Democracy is meant to be looking out for the opinion majority, Redditor ain't the majority

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JPR_FI t1_iuctor1 wrote

I have no idea whether it is or not; it certainly is not the venue where the decisions are made. But given that in some cases the content reflects the populists rhetoric it may very well reflect it at least in some cases.

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CRimson9943 t1_iuctu16 wrote

And do you think that is for this case?

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JPR_FI t1_iucua2w wrote

I have no idea what the case even is ? Point was just that opinion do matter and even with its flaws Reddit reflects some aspect of them.

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Sri_Man_420 t1_iud41g1 wrote

I think Indians on Reddit are p much behind Indian Phoren policy

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CRimson9943 t1_iud49wy wrote

Wow whether that was deliberate or not my head hurt trying to read that shit

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sign_up_in_second t1_iudvi0v wrote

>In democracies opinions of the voters impact diplomacy as they grant the leaders their powers.

the foreign policy blob has never given a shit about what voters care about since they are a permanent civil service and think tank apparatus that operates largely without any public oversight whatsoever. while you saw daily meltdowns about uyghurs on reddit, 6% of democrats and 2% of republicans consider xinjiang a major issue with china

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