ttystikk
Well-Known Member
America is an illiberal democracy. The extreme Right is absolutely anything but dead; witness the political careers of such figures as DeSantis, Abbott and even Trump.America is a flawed liberal democracy and I have listed the various flaws of a 240-year-old constitution here many times, one trait of liberal democracies is they evolve, like those in the UK and Europe. We are part of an evolving historic process, not the finished article, the world is not perfect, and neither are people. The flaws in the American system of governance are more apparent with the advent of Trump.
As for a democratic country being right leaning, it is the democratic will of the people and liberal democracies range from socialist to more capitalist economic systems. We can hold referendums here, but don't do it on a national level, though provinces do have them from time to time.
I will tell you something though, the extreme left is as dead as the extreme right in today's world, there will need to be a middle way.
The Left has been killed by long standing actions against them by elements both inside and outside big business and government, precisely because their ideology presents a threat to their power.
High minded lectures about "the will of the people" in America ignore the fact that our government is neither representative nor democratic. Any fool with half a brain can see that money controls access to power, including setting up ever more roadblocks to anyone not part of the corrupt duopoly.
We are in deep, deep trouble and if fiddling at the margins was ever going to be proven effective, it has certainly had its chances.