The Economist Just Downgraded the US From a ‘Full Democracy’ to a ‘Flawed Democracy’

[DonFerrari]

Lafiel said:

DonFerrari said:

Unless you believe 20 cents of increase in the bus fare is a bigger issue than gun permit.

In Brazil we have had Million people on the street to protest without any incident or violence... but there were protests with less than a hundred people and a lot of rioting... so no, the violent response isn't a direct correletion against the will of majority

but the larger the group that feels rejected or flat out wronged the more chance there is for extreme reactions

Could be... yet nowadays we see it more on the very minority groups than on the majorities.

Alkibiádēs said:

DonFerrari said:

This have always been the way in USA and a way to prevent the majority to suffocate others, as the founding fathers said if two wolfes and one lamb voted for dinner the lamb would certainly be eaten. So is that fair? For them no, so they made the system in USA.

Funny enough is how the leftwing always decide that when they don't win there isn't any democracy... but will say Cuba, Venezuela and the like are democratic countries.

I'm curious what left wing you're talking about. The USA doesn't have a left wing. The Democrats aren't left-wing (some of its individual members like Bernie Sanders are though, but they actively worked against him anyway), Clinton isn't left-wing and Obama isn't either. People really need to stop blaming the left wing for everything. Not everyone who is against Trump belongs to the left wing for crying out loud. He's an extremist. And please, what serious politician called Cuba a democracy? You're just making things up it seems. 

Obama and Clinton are right-wing politicians, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. The USA isn't a democracy, it's an oligarchy. 

Ok, if you say so.

The growing of the state and excessive regulation that Obama and democrats love so much is what leftwing most like. That and doing social control through their programs.

What serious politician? In USA I don't know (but from what I heard even Trudeau was saying good stuff about Castro). And for your information in Brazil, 2/3 of the parties and politicians act and say like Cuba and Venezuela are democracies and that the presidents there were elected.