There seems to be too much speculation in their article though.
This is an amazing post. We the voters need to have a strong look and dig deep. People are so split amont this 2 party system it really drives me nuts! Its nuts! I mean I really need someone to run as independent that can pull republicans and democrats, That would be the greatest day in our democracy lol. I am sick and tired of people fighting, treating their presidents like they are GODs that can't make mistakes and are perfect. The game is so rigged these days its not funny and people are all gaslighted by their parties. I don't mind voting either republican or democrat but I wish there was more major parties in our country.
I think we are too politically charged to be free to be honest, if that makes sense. We fight over our politicians and among party lines, until we unshackle ourselves and open up our mind that we need to vote from our brain and heart and not by the political juice we get fed by politcians and divisions we are better off. if I could ban politics from my life I honestly would lol!
You are right, that particular clip is from a show, and thus not a very reliable source of information.
A better source would be the Democracy Index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit based on definitions of freedom as defined by organizations such as Freedom House.
58, as suggested in that TV show clip is an exaggeration, but we as a nation have fallen significantly from our once leading position during the revolution.
2017 was the first year the U.S. was not in the top segment of "Full Democracies", but instead dropped into the category of "Flawed Democracies". The U.S. is currently tied in 21st place with Italy.
Now, I know, some of you right now are already foaming at the mouth ready to yell "But the U.S. is not a democracy it is a Constitutional (or Democratic) Republic! Let me cut you off at the pass right here. This is a load of semantic bullshit.
Yes, our founding fathers devised controls in our political system to prevent the so called "tyranny by the majority", but so has just about every other democracy on the planet. Democracy doesn't mean "rule by simple majority", it just means that a people govern themselves through some form of elections, and as such our system, the Constitutional Republic is a form of Democracy, not different from democracy, just like how a Labrador is a breed of Dog, or a Ford is a brand of Car.
Only someone who has never spent time abroad could ever believe the joke that America is the "land of the free". We certainly were in the late 18th century. We have a great constitution and our nation was founded on great ideals and principles, but have failed in execution since, giving way to partisan bickering, gerrymandering, lobbying, voter disenfranchisement and many other problems that don't exist to the same extent in some better functioning democracies.
In the end, we are one of approximately 76 free democracies on earth, 20 of which are doing better than we are.
Time to shape up! Sticking our fingers in our ears and ignoring our problems isn't going to help us. The first step to fixing a problem is to acknowledging that you have it, thus all true patriots should be recognizing that we do have a problem and trying to come up with solutions, not falling over ourselves in false patriotism by yelling about how free we are, and wearing flag pins.
This is an amazing post. We the voters need to have a strong look and dig deep. People are so split amont this 2 party system it really drives me nuts! Its nuts! I mean I really need someone to run as independent that can pull republicans and democrats, That would be the greatest day in our democracy lol. I am sick and tired of people fighting, treating their presidents like they are GODs that can't make mistakes and are perfect. The game is so rigged these days its not funny and people are all gaslighted by their parties. I don't mind voting either republican or democrat but I wish there was more major parties in our country.
I think we are too politically charged to be free to be honest, if that makes sense. We fight over our politicians and among party lines, until we unshackle ourselves and open up our mind that we need to vote from our brain and heart and not by the political juice we get fed by politcians and divisions we are better off. if I could ban politics from my life I honestly would lol!