General News United States downgraded to 'flawed democracy' in EIU Democracy Index

Is that bad?

 

Flawed democracy? That's being generous. We're being "led" by a man who hands out executive orders like they're candy and sacks anyone who disagrees with him AND IT'S ONLY BEEN A WEEK AND A HALF. I'd say we're well on our way to being a dictatorship unless someone throws this asshole out of office.

 

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I have to agree. Checks and balances still exist so hopefully that will keep things somewhat ok but seems he is leading in a fascist way.

 

I would describe any democracy as 'flawed' in some way. No democracy is perfect.
Now, is Trump a polarizing and divisive person? Yes, but I am grateful to be neighbours with the US. I would rather be closely tied with the US over any other country in the world. US is the world leading democracy with the most powerful force in the world.

 

Unless Donald Trump changes the fact that we are a democracy, the fact that he is in office does not make us anymore flawed. He was elected fair and square, he's just another president. Just one that no one likes. The reason listed was because we have distrust in our government. That was here before he was in office.

 

I wish I could say I was surprised, but... People have really went off the deep end here.

If the government wants to be trusted more, the could just stop prioritizing their appearance over their citizens by the way. I get it's not everyone doing this, but pandering to a few crazies really tends to hold everyone else back. What reason would I have to trust a system that tries to use tax money to limit my rights?

It's like what I said about Kim Davis; do your job. That's it. Do it good. Give us a reason to like you at all, and we'll see about trust when you've earned it. If the job is not for you, then you should look elsewhere. Simple right?

That being said I feel bad for the few who actually do their job right and have clean intentions. They must put up with a lot...

 

Glad people are (sorta) waking up, Trump isn't new he's just topical.

 

Although I'm anti-brexit, I'm glad the high voter turnout and public involvement in government helped the UK's score. Shame it knocked the arse out of its currency.

 

Um guys. We've never been a real democracy. The electoral college elects the president not the public election! I mean i'm 25 so maybe i forgot the details that grade school taught me, but we've like never been a real democracy. Then again, even if we were, then the president would only represent the most populated areas not the whole country, which is what to my knowledge the electoral college was meant to protect against.

 

I'd have to agree. I think we're on our way to becoming a huge, polluted garbage dump, with a few very rich people taking advantage of whatever they can, and an increasing number of poor people, and others, struggling to get by. I see ourselves as moving in the direction of more of a third world country, over time, given how the gap in wealth gets worse and worse, something poised to accelerate at an even more alarming level. And, at that point, I'm not sure there's ever going to be a way for the common person to 'buy' Democracy back, or what we had of it.

I look into the future, and see a barren wasteland, where we're sifting though some vast dump, looking for scarps.

 

It feels like forever already :lol:

 

It is even worse now with Trump´s lack of respect for the judiciary, his obsession with executive orders, slashing regulations of banks and weakening agencies charged with the protection of the environment.