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.
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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
Don't worry, it's probably not a democracy anymore.
Bold of you to think the US has a functioning democracy
What happend to democracy lately ?
Destabilize democracy? It’s already been destabilized
This attitude is how democracy dies.
I think it's more, "democracy is broken in America", and the victors are in a position to hasten its demise.
Ah, the corruption of democracy.
The US being a democracy is largely open for debate: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/princeton-experts-say...
Democracy didn't fail. We are just holding it wrong.