US Democracy Decline

The cluster focuses on debates questioning whether the United States remains a functioning democracy, with comments highlighting democratic backsliding, institutional failures, corruption, and calls that it is already broken or no longer exists.

➡️ Stable 1.2x Politics & Society
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Keywords

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Sample Comments

Herring Jan 13, 2026 View on HN

The US has been having significant (and increasing) issues with democracy for a while.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_backsliding_in_the_...https://www.theatlantic.com

actionfromafar Sep 30, 2025 View on HN

Don't worry, it's probably not a democracy anymore.

cwkoss Apr 14, 2022 View on HN

Bold of you to think the US has a functioning democracy

ddalex Jun 17, 2016 View on HN

What happend to democracy lately ?

whatscooking May 18, 2023 View on HN

Destabilize democracy? It’s already been destabilized

user-the-name Dec 23, 2021 View on HN

This attitude is how democracy dies.

mwfunk Nov 9, 2016 View on HN

I think it's more, "democracy is broken in America", and the victors are in a position to hasten its demise.

mwnz Oct 31, 2013 View on HN

Ah, the corruption of democracy.

wazoox Jul 31, 2018 View on HN

The US being a democracy is largely open for debate: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/princeton-experts-say...

datavirtue Apr 29, 2024 View on HN

Democracy didn't fail. We are just holding it wrong.