We now have the internet.
So, the real issue comes down to this: "If we don't have "freedom of speech," we don't have a "democracy."
By that reasoning, we still have a "democracy" albeit a fragile one.
That said, there are other ways to kill a "democracy." One is a collapse of the institutions that the "democracy" depends on, like the DOJ, the FBI, and the military (which has gone Woke).
we don’t have a “democracy.”
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But we do have lots of bureaucracy.