Right. Bring out the defibrillator!
"Revive democracy" is a more accurate way of putting it than "save democracy," since we no longer live in a country that IS a democracy, if indeed it ever was, inasmuch as the definition is a government elected by the most votes.
The electoral college, gerrymandering, two senators per state, the filibus…
"Revive democracy" is a more accurate way of putting it than "save democracy," since we no longer live in a country that IS a democracy, if indeed it ever was, inasmuch as the definition is a government elected by the most votes.
The electoral college, gerrymandering, two senators per state, the filibuster, an outdated constitution that makes it nearly impossible to "form a more perfect union," and a tiny, horribly partisan "star chamber" appointed for life with ultimate power that floats above it all issuing corporate-friendly decrees as the final word ("Damn the people!") -- all that puts the lie to the idea of an "American democracy" as an example for the world to emulate.
Nope, we live in a minority-rule dystopia -- an authoritarian, autocratic, fascistic, theocratic, oligarchical, plutocratic, kakistocracy of all-powerful landlords who cheat and lie and steal, fleecing the dumbed-down population (citizens in name only) in every possible way. There are many words to describe our collective nightmare; "democracy" is not one of them.
And for this, we send our young to fight and die.
It is way, way past the time to face the hard truth and DO SOMETHING! Hello? Biden, Schumer, Pelosi, Garland?! The last chance: eleven months and counting...
Right. Bring out the defibrillator!
"Revive democracy" is a more accurate way of putting it than "save democracy," since we no longer live in a country that IS a democracy, if indeed it ever was, inasmuch as the definition is a government elected by the most votes.
The electoral college, gerrymandering, two senators per state, the filibuster, an outdated constitution that makes it nearly impossible to "form a more perfect union," and a tiny, horribly partisan "star chamber" appointed for life with ultimate power that floats above it all issuing corporate-friendly decrees as the final word ("Damn the people!") -- all that puts the lie to the idea of an "American democracy" as an example for the world to emulate.
Nope, we live in a minority-rule dystopia -- an authoritarian, autocratic, fascistic, theocratic, oligarchical, plutocratic, kakistocracy of all-powerful landlords who cheat and lie and steal, fleecing the dumbed-down population (citizens in name only) in every possible way. There are many words to describe our collective nightmare; "democracy" is not one of them.
And for this, we send our young to fight and die.
It is way, way past the time to face the hard truth and DO SOMETHING! Hello? Biden, Schumer, Pelosi, Garland?! The last chance: eleven months and counting...
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