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In reply to the discussion: Is Democracy Dying in the USA? [View all]struggle4progress
(118,280 posts)35. "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good folk to do nothing"
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i've read articles posted here stating that we are essentially a de facto oligarchy
Takket
Dec 2017
#7
It's hanging by a Mueller thread. If he gets fired, Democrats need to mobilize to get people on the
OnDoutside
Dec 2017
#13
Mueller can't save our democracy because the problem goes so much deeper than Donald Trump.
StevieM
Dec 2017
#14
He's the line in the sand that says the Institutions can put a halt on a maniacal President. If he
OnDoutside
Dec 2017
#15
Any semblance of democracy in our society was eviscerated following the 2000 presidential election.
jcmaine72
Dec 2017
#16
According to a study by two Princeton professors we are an oligarchy now, not a democracy.
jalan48
Dec 2017
#19
Dedemocratization started 38 years in 1980 . I still remember Ronnie Rayguns words . " The problem
geretogo
Dec 2017
#23
Winning states is where gerrymandering gets stopped cold & permanently. Independent commissions. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2017
#25
Problem is to save it there has to be more than 5% of the public who are
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2017
#27
"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good folk to do nothing"
struggle4progress
Dec 2017
#35