No, really. America has fucked up their democracy... It started good, for sure, but it keeps getting eroded (unrealistic time constraints, arbitrary boundaries and silly vetoes or weightings). I'm just sitting from the hip here, certainly no expert

[–] downdaemon@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Only white male landowners could vote when it started

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a very good point, I do concur. But it used to be a lot better just a (few?) decades ago

...And yet most of the rest of the world is streaking way ahead in terms of basic liberties

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You might find this book pretty informative about USA democracy, especially that "few decades ago" period.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago