MicroWaveThe United States loses its status as a liberal democracy: ‘Trump is aiming for a dictatorship’
CytobitGiven that elections are the defining feature of a democracy, I think it would be prudent to wait until after the mid term elections to start proclaiming the demise of American democracy. Granted, the Republicans are trying their best with mass disenfranchisement, but it remains to be seen how effective they will be.
MulligrubsWe don’t have actual “elections”
We have two private organizations (Ds and Rs) who have through law crushed all possible opposition.
So we get two candidates to chose from, both curated by the billionaire “donors” running each party. This is not a conspiracy, see Super PACs for more.
They won’t cancel the “elections”, there’s absolutely no need.