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

[Chrkeller]

RolStoppable said:

Chrkeller said:

Same is true with liberals and the far left.  

The middle doesn't exist anymore.  

I don't know about that. I don't see the democrats who are in charge pushing far-left policies. The republicans, however, did go for far-right policies when Trump was president, and since then the republican party has not only stayed on this course, but even doubled down on it.

It's not that the middle doesn't exist anymore in the USA, rather it's that the middle has been absorbed by the democratic party. Nowadays the republicans are the party for racists and people who don't mind to associate themselves with racists.

You have to keep in mind, that from the European perspective with its much broader spread of the political spectrum due to much more than two political parties in each country, the democrats in the USA qualify as a party with conservative policies, so they are on the right side of the center. That's why there's no serious threat that the far-left could get major influence in American politics and why your post is misguided at best.

Oh there is a lot of extreme left going on.  Bailing out riotors, trial by the media, etc.  School curriculum is so poor my kids are being home schooled.  As somebody who is born and raised in this country, the middle is absolutely gone.  Both parties are nuts.

The fact you view one party as the problem and the other as being right simply reflects there is no middle anymore.  And the fact that I'm supposedly "misguided" because I don't agree with you also highlights the problem with US politics.  All or nothing, there is no middle.

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 27 October 2022