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

[Eagle367]

bdbdbd 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.

You know, you seem to be the one that has anti-democratic sentiment. The current US system HAS the commission that decides the candidate's eligibility, which is the electoral college - this actually is one of the things that makes US a flawed democracy. All your roadblocks to protect democracy, are just ones that aim to dismantle it. 

Actually the roadblocks prevented a dismantling of democracy in the US. The electoral college sucks and isn't a protection. But the actual protections stopped Trump from taking over. You are just construing my argument in the worst light and joining it to an anti democratic institution like the electoral college. We both know the electoral college does more than determine eligibility.  It essentially selects the leader. It doesn't dictate who can run, it dictates who wins and Americans vote for the electors in the EC, not directly the president. A completely different thing from what I said. You could have pointed to BC NDP if you actually wanted a better example.