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

[Eagle367]

Zkuq said:

Eagle367 said:

Except I never said the PM or President or ruling party gets to decide on this shit now did I? A neutral election commission decides on candidate eligibility and judges not beholden to political parties decide whether someone is not fit for office or not. The point is to create roadblocks from dismantling democracy. Countries already decide whether someone is fit for running or not. A lot of countries have differing criteria.

But then there's the issue of ensuring neutrality. How do you choose the people that uphold neutrality? How do you ensure the people will continue to be chosen in a neutral manner? At the moment, I can't see a way to ensure it. In my eyes, it's just another potential hole in the system, one that will seemingly work as long as everything's fine but is the first thing to go once someone anti-democratic comes to power. The people voting the anti-democratic people from power is the best roadblock, as far as I can see, because it keeps the power in the hands of many instead of few.

Democracy is an active process and depends on good faith people. I think it's another layer of protection, not a weak point. Of course it doesn't guarantee anything but i think it creates an added safeguard. And many democracies already have this to varying success.