We learn it as schoolchildren, we hear it in the media: America is the best democracy in the world. But how is that actually true?
Why America Is the Best Democracy in the World
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Ted, anybody who speaks a foreign language is suspect, n’est-ce pas ?…
Henri
I’m surprised that soon-to-be-reelected President Trump (I mean, have you looked at his, um, competition?) hasn’t made it a rallying point to complain that the ballots are in English AND foreign squiggles. …
“We learn it as schoolchildren, we hear it in the media: America is the best democracy in the world. But how is that actually true?”
It’s the successful indoctrination and propaganda the makes the docile demos so popular with the oligarchs.
They really (only) care about what you think (about them).
There’s nothing the powerful hate more than having little people get in the way of their big plans.
From their point of view there’s nothing better than a nation of dupes who love the weak “democracy” run by the oligarchs
We should have a democracy like Venezuela where Donald Trump was the only voter and he elected to make Juan Guaidó president.
Our propagandists will tell you that that democracy is even better than the USA’s.