frigidweirdo
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That's not democracy.The funny thing is the country is divided. The right and the left. The Republicans and the Democrats.
However there isn't much difference between the right and the left or the reps and the dems.
They both go into office in DC, they both take a shed load of cash and spend it on advertising. They both avoid meaningful debate on topics that are necessary. They both stick to the issues which allow them to be partisan, which show their position in an easy manner and allow their supporters to get all hot under the collar while avoiding the REAL ISSUES.
I'd say the most important issues in the US right now are 1) the corruption that has been legitimised in politics.They call this campaign funds and donations, but often this is simply the buying of congressmen and presidents.
2) The manner in which elections are held which has allowed the two main parties to essentially do whatever they like and avoid any dissension in the ranks and among the people.
However you talk about these and people just aren't interested. They haven't been told these are important by those spending lots of money advertising, so they stick to gun control, abortion, gay marriage and so on.
It amazes me that people actually take this stuff in hook, line and sinker.
But then again it amazed me when a guy working in a supermarket in Colorado told me he bought Pepsi when he could get Coca-Cola for free any time at work. His reason: Pepsi was the drink of the poor people. Yeah, he bought that advertising and believed what they told him. He didn't think that the reason he was poor was because he was stupidly buying pepsi at $1 a bottle instead of drinking A) something that was free or B) something much healthier than sugared water with brown color.
When you see advertising working so well in the US that it actually buys people's thoughts, you realise how scary democracy is.
Basically yes, it's not democracy. The US claims to be spreading democracy around the world, it's not, it's spreading US interests around the world, and doesn't have proper democracy even at home, people don't have much of a say at all.
They get given this popularity contest and whoever wins is controlled by others anyway.