What is your line in the sand?

Edit: thank you all for your responses. I think it’s important as an American we take your view points seriously. I think of a North Korean living inside of North Korea. They don’t really know how bad it is because that is all hidden from them and they’ve never had anything else. As things get worse for Americans it’s important to have your voices because we will become more and more isolated.

Even the guy who said, “lol.” Some people need that sort of sobering reaction.

  • OceanSoap@lemmy.ml
    63·
    1 day ago

    Democracy is an umbrella term. These are the types of democracy the US is:

    1. Representative Democracy

    2. Constitutional Democracy

    3. Presidential Democracy

    4. Liberal Democracy

    Types of Democracy the US is not:

    1. Direct Democracy

    2. Parliamentary Democracy

    3. Illiberal Democracy

    4. Participatory Democracy

    5. Social Democracy

    So yes, it’s a democracy.

    • yata@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      3 hours ago

      You are confusing a lot of pol science terms, as well as using some which aren’t part of pol science at all.

      All modern democracies are representative democracies, as in voters votes for representatives to represent them. Switzerland has elements of direct democracy, but on a foundation of representative democracy as well. Constitutional, presidential and liberal democracy are not an actual meaningful terms in political science.

      Technically the US is a representative democracy, but I am pretty sure OPs is asking about the practice of the thing. And the practice is very different from the written word about how it was supposed to be, especially this recent presidential term.