Was it ever?
Nope, Democracy for the Few is a great book on the subject incidentally.
We’re going to have to make massive changes to our democracy if it’s going to survive in the modern world. As is, it’s paralyzed by crisis and undermined by forces in and outside the country. It just can’t compete on the global stage like it used to do. We need to shake up the electoral system. It can be done, but the political will and popular support isn’t there. Get rid of the Electoral College and shorten the election cycle by having one national primary about a month before the final election. Move to a unicameral legislature with term limits and without byzantine procedural rules. Ditch FPTP voting for something, anything better.
There are many people still living with rose tinted glasses with the 80s and 90s USA image in their heads. It is frustrating.
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The reality is that Trump is just a symptom of a failing system that’s result of unbridled neoliberalism championed by Reagan. The system suffered huge back to back economic crashes in 2000 and 2008 that resulted in a massive wealth transfer to the top while leaving millions of people destitute. Right wing populism that Trump harnessed was a direct result of that.
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That is because of the main culprit which is rising wealth inequality and decimation of the middle class on a global scale.
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