What system is that? The one they like?
Any article that screams about democracy is not worth a read. This author screams about democracy but he belives in 'Shock and Awe*'. America does not have democracy. Any American who has had a website that does not concern itself with 'god' or stamp collecting with any political bent at all is under 24-7 surveillance. Things get taken down when the powers that be do not like what you say. Free speech. Forgettaboutit. It has happened here four times. Is that democracy?
I do not think so.
More insidious is the shadow banning phenomena in all it's many variations. A person can think they have an audience when they do not. As an example, there are so many surveillance bots watching this website that I could imagine we have an audience and that someone could find us on Google. If I did not know better. Democracy my ass. America is Fascism Lite. Like a beer. Same great oppression, but far less obvious. The main page has been 'cleaned' three times and the Diner has been 'cleaned' once since it started being hosted here.
Democracy actually has a definition and America ain't it.
Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution:
Quote"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government."This explicitly mandates a republican form of governance. Congress is comprised of the House of Representatives and the Senate, both of which are elected by the people. (Article I). The president is elected indirectly through the electoral college to make sure the faux vote does not pick the wrong guy.
Who really votes? In America money votes, people don't. Advertisement buys votes sans serious debate, discussion or edification of any political position. An 'attack on democracy' does not mean shit. It is like TDOS showing up to claim Ugo Bardi said something on facepalm a few years ago which he half remembers, but damn? He can't find it when asked.
Money runs everything. People are complaining about democracy because the wealth gap grows and 'their money' does not have as much say as it used to have now that huge corporations and billionaires have bank accounts guaranteed by god big enough to buy any American politician they want to buy. So it seems. An article author who rants about democracy in America rants about sour grapes that they can't have because the idea that America has any democracy to lose in the first place is ludicrous.
This woman defines what American Democracy is. Kill your opponent. Dominate the other side. Reaching a consensus is for wimps. As long as I can remember it has not been different. But cultural insiders prefer a narrative that compares America to an ancient Greek utopia. It hides the reality of American imperialism. Which they like. They want to keep the evil side of things on the downlow.
*Harlan Kenneth Ullman, is Chairman of the Killowen Group that advises leaders of government and business; Chairman of CNIGuard Ltd and CNIGuard Inc, engaged in protection of critical infrastructure; Senior Advisor of the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC; and active on a number of private boards. Wikipedia
A soldier of the BAU.