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In reply to the discussion: In my opinion, the Democrats cannot address any issue until this issue addressed. [View all]luvtheGWN
(1,336 posts)The greatest problem the U.S. faces is that you all (y'all) have been convinced from the cradle that the USA is THE BEST at everything and if I hear one more politician or pundit have the NERVE to state that "Only in America does true democracy exist/thrive" there goes my TV screen.
No, here's the facts, folks: You all refuse to look at how how other democracies manage to flourish and thrive; how most have very short election "seasons"; how the equivalent of your Reps or Senators do not spend 75% of their time fundraising; how your judges are NOT chosen based on their right/left leanings; how there is no such thing as "corporations are people too" nor anything resembling Citizens United; how federal elections are actually run by a NON-partisan federal elections commission and that federal districts are drawn up by the same commission; how maintaining and parsing a Constitution written well over 200 years ago for a country that has changed so very much requires annual updating to fit the needs and solve the problems of today's society.
Well, I could go on and on, but really and truly the USA could learn so very much by looking outward to see what works and, especially, recognize and ADMIT what is not working for its citizens. As NPR's Jack Beatty said before the 2016 election -- "The US has returned to the gilded age and until we admit that, we're doomed." Your country has been blessed to have great natural resources, an intelligent and hardworking workforce, innovations that help the entire world. You have so much, and yet the most surmountable problems have you in such a bind.