What about the '70s? The 70s itself isn’t very descriptive. On the whole being inexorably tied to Nixon really pushes home the point that things were becoming less democratic then. It’s also the time period in which the modern techniques of gerrymandering were being developed and explored. As a direct response to civil rights. Again less democratic.
And technically is an accurate term. What is democracy? Is democracy just being able to cast a ballot, that then gets creatively discarded. Or is something beyond casting a ballot required. Remember, Russia is technically a democracy too. As was the Soviet Union. I would argue that the US has had a better record on that front domestically. But it’s a low bar. Not necessarily something we should be bragging about. Are we really a democracy? We should be. But are we actually.
What about the '70s? The 70s itself isn’t very descriptive. On the whole being inexorably tied to Nixon really pushes home the point that things were becoming less democratic then. It’s also the time period in which the modern techniques of gerrymandering were being developed and explored. As a direct response to civil rights. Again less democratic.
And technically is an accurate term. What is democracy? Is democracy just being able to cast a ballot, that then gets creatively discarded. Or is something beyond casting a ballot required. Remember, Russia is technically a democracy too. As was the Soviet Union. I would argue that the US has had a better record on that front domestically. But it’s a low bar. Not necessarily something we should be bragging about. Are we really a democracy? We should be. But are we actually.