The US is ranked as a 'Flawed Democracy', what needs to change?

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bdbdbd said:

Eagle367 said:

I did address it. Having criteria for who gets to run. Countries have them already. Like you wouldn't let a treasonous traitor run right? What about someone who wants another country to take over yours? What you said describes why these people need to be stopped because they can win one legitimate election and then slowly chip away and destroy democracy. That's what Orban did, Modhi is doing it, erdogan did it, Trump wanted to do it, Putin did it. Your democracy doesn't survive if you have no protections against anti democratic agents.

Answer this question, should a monarchist be allowed to run in an election when they promise to destroy the democracy that will give them power and institute themselves as supreme leader?

Of course they should. If the monarchist gets elected, it's the people's will. 

As a nihilist that would be an acceptable outcome, but in reality with so much at stake that would be catastrophic outcome for the people long term

Putin is the effective "monarch" of Russia because he and others in Russia have eroded Democrat institutions to the point the Russian people have no peaceful say in his reign and the direction he is taking his country