Is the US still a democracy? [View all]

[Locut0s]

I feel this is one of those nebulous questions that can't necessarily be answered when you are in the thick of a complex crisis such as this. It's something that is more apparent in hind sight, when you can see the forest for the trees. There is no hard line one necessarily crosses that demarcates a true democracy from a system that no longer is one. There are grey areas of authoritarian semi democracies where people technically have the ability to overthrow an authoritarian government via democratic processes such as the popular vote, but where the cards are heavily stacked against them.

The above being said I none the less am I'm interested in asking the overly simplified question, do you still have a democracy. Obviously you may elaborate in the comments.

12 votes, 2 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	I'm willing to say for now yes. But it's heavily under attack and at risk of being lost.
	4 (33%)
	I'm willing to say no we have definitely lost it. But I hope we may fight to regain it.
	5 (42%)
	I'm unwilling to say yet. It's teetering on the edge. The situation is too fluid and complex to say.
	3 (25%)
	2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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