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

[Eagle367]

Zkuq said:

Eagle367 said:

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. 

I think this is where we have to agree to disagree, since we see the same thing, but where I see it as weak point, you see it as a functioning safeguard. (We could probably go more into depth with this, but I suspect it wouldn't be very fruitful without a humongous amount of effort.)

I agree with you there. And I see where you are coming from. It took this long just for me to get to the point where others understand my actual point. Threads aren't a good way to discuss topics like these. But these topics are more relevant than ever since democracies around the globe are under threat in various ways. And I feel the only way to discuss this properly is through audio. Either that or really long desertations like they used to write books refuting each others' points back in the day hahaha.