I no longer believe in democracy. I am new citizen from Asia. Th problem with democracy I see is that capable person is rarely electable. Electable is rarely capable
A Democracy is only as good as the people living under it.
We’re in a lot of trouble.
“I no longer believe in democracy.”
You’re in luck because America isn’t a democracy, it’s constitutional Republic!
luckily we are not a democracy....we’re supposed to be a republic under the rule of law, not man......if we can keep it.....
Congratulations on becoming a U.S. citizen!
You wrote “I no longer believe in democracy.”
A famous man named Winston S. Churchill once said “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”
May I ask why you took the time and trouble to become a citizen if you don’t like democracy?
Your point about a capable person being rarely electable and an electable person is rarely capable is a good observation. The country has always had vote-buying, but it was largely limited to a cigar or a whiskey on election day. The big problems started in the 1930s under FDR when Democrats began giving away huge amounts of money (for a so-called “social safety net”) and discovered they could built a reliable voting bloc by giving away our tax dollars to “the needy.” Instead of making people self-reliant, it made them government-reliant and we have permanent, multi-generational poor.
Yes, democracy is messy and, yes, it is imperfect. But I agree with Mr. Churchill. What other system would you suggest is better?
The US is not a democracy. It’s a Constitutional Republic, based on Judeo-Christian principles along with some elements of democracy.
As a new US citizen, you should have learned that.