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
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    1 month 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
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      29 days 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.

  • Monkyhands@feddit.dk
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    1 month ago

    No. I agree with the comment about the electoral system and gerrymandering as fundamental issues. And the current administration does not respect the judiciary branch, that much is clear, and their actions are completely undermining the supposed divisions of power, without which there is no democracy.

  • coaxil@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Not at all, you are just an autocracy now but don’t fully realise it, and as the other commentator had said, not even really a good democracy in the loosest of terms before this entire mess going on ATM!

  • sasquash@sopuli.xyz
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    1 month ago

    Maybe a flawed democracy at best and it’s getting worse every day. At least on federal level, I don’t much about states politics. Not really an expert but democracy can’t really work that well if you are stuck in a two party system. Having more choice would sure help against populists and autocrats.

  • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Line in the sand? Going after political opponents. Censoring information. Dismantling media. Abandoning rule of law. Business and government mixing too much.

    USA is speed running these.

  • Propheticus@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    Yes, but a bad example of one very quickly heading towards autocracy. Some characteristics like screwing up your own economy and blaming ‘the foreigners’ rings a distant bell.

  • Destide@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 month ago

    The next election will tell, my tin hat is on Puting the US into a situation where an election can’t be held so they can have a third term.

    • Kissaki@feddit.orgEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I’m not sure even with a successful election and it going to the democrats we’ll be able to tell. At least from today’s view. It will largely depend on how institutions and the justice/court system can hold out against the current administration right now and during this phase.

      I feel like they may have already created damage that won’t be cleared just from one election or one election period’s fixups.

      At the same time, hopefully, this is the wake-up call for opposition and a transformation one way or another. It’s plainly obvious what is happening now, and I am hoping opposition will become more apparent and prevalent because of it. Not just in citizens, but institutions too.

  • Intergalactic@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Absolutely not. A country where two parties are the only two viable electoral options, is absolutely not a democracy. Doesn’t mean I’ll stop my membership for the PSL.

  • sinnsykfinbart@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I really never did, not a well functioning at least. They’ve practiced voter repression for decades, and then they had fun testing how low they could go after 9/11, doing a lot of unlawful shit, going after citizens who spoke out against their policies and wars.