Name: When Did Our Democracy Become A Potemkin Village?
Uploaded: 2021-01-28T13:52:25+00:00
Duration: 2 min 24 s
Description: By now, it should be clear to all of you that America is no longer a Democracy, and I’ve begun to wonder about the last time that we were. I think that we’ve had ‘moments of democracy’, where the ‘wil

3 years ago

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By now, it should be clear to all of you that America is no longer a Democracy, and I’ve begun to wonder about the last time that we were. I think that we’ve had ‘moments of democracy’, where the ‘will of the people’ overcame the corruption and control of the Deep State. But, those moments have become increasingly rare as America became wealthier and more powerful.

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I think that the election of Donald Trump in 2016 was a ‘moment of democracy’. Ronald Reagen seemed like a democratic moment, too. Maybe. FDR lied his way into power, but at least the election was democratic. Eisenhower was an exercise in democracy and so was Nixon (or, maybe not). And, Eisenhower warned us that we risked losing our democracy.

Yeah. The Military Industrial (and Intelligence) Complex. We ignored Eisenhower’s warnings, and here we are. They murdered JFK and shot Reagen. And then, they put their own people in power.

So, when was the last time that America was a democracy?

And yes, I know that the United States is described as a republic, but that’s just semantics. The word ‘republic’ (res publica) is essentially just the Latin version of the Greek word ‘democratia’ (δημοκρατία). We’re still talking about the democratic process of choosing people who will make the laws that we all agree to live by.