The only difference between the Russian and US system is that instead of having one big party whose interests are entirely separated from the public and which completely crushes any opposition parties, we have two big parties whose interests are entirely separated from the public and which completely crush all opposition parties.
A sham democracy if there ever was one, but that’s because the purpose of indirect democracy is less to decide on policy and more to select a strongman leader that’s most appealing.
The Russian election was “rigged” in that there was only controlled opposition… But this is also not an inherently unique feature. When was the last time a US President was neither Democrat nor Republican?
US politics is absolutely retarded but at least you aren’t going to fall out of a window for criticizing the president.
No, but if you blow the whistle on a US company you might end up suicided.
Oh yea, true but that less about politics and more about capitalist creed. The US also has a police system that seemingly runs on the ritual sacrifice of innumerable black folk and pets but that is also not relevant.
Capitalist greed is what influences the base of US politics, though.
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I couldn’t get 88% of people to agree on which day of the week it was, much less who should be president.
GOP is just jealous because they have a hard time trying to pull off the same stunt in the US
yet
(Don’t ask why they won last time despite getting less votes)
There is no Democracy in the Untited states… there is a Facade of a Democracy while at BEST it is an Oligarchy.
