American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We are losing the democracy that we're trying to sell in the Mideast and everywhere else right here in our own nation.
Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
American democracy in the past has always been known for its large middle class and its relatively few very wealthy people and very few very poor people, but that is gone to today and the middle class is shrinking.
Democracy allows rhetoric, false empathy and emotion to pummel rational thinking - so it's no wonder so many politicians thrive in it.
The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.
People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss.
Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn't matter; that the system is rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful or some narrow interest.
American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.