Only a liberal void of the ability for independent critical thinking...........calls the Republic of the United States of America, a democracy. It's liberals/progressives only that wants to destroy the EC and rob the smaller states in these UNITED STATES an equal voice in federal elections. Only liberals believe in free speech as long as that speech is in agreement with their speech. More?
Have you listened to Rump lately? Any news outlet that does not follow him explicitly will be investigated and/or shutdown. That's number 6 on the 14 points of fascism originally practiced by Mussolini.
6. Controlled Mass Media
Sometimes the media are directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media are indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.