and many countries in Asia people live a much higher quality of life than here in America.
Okay? Many others have much worse quality of life than America, but either way that’s not what I’m talking about. Democracy isn’t about having a good quality of life. That is, of course, the ultimate goal, but the essence of democracy is when a people have peaceful, legal means to do something about not having a good quality of life. That is completely different from non-democracies, where when the government announces extra taxes on the poor the only thing you can do is revolt or shut up. I come from one of these, which is why I’m saying America is a democracy; I know what it would look like if it wasn’t and for starters half the people in this thread would be arrested.
I’m not American but okay.
Okay? Many others have much worse quality of life than America, but either way that’s not what I’m talking about. Democracy isn’t about having a good quality of life. That is, of course, the ultimate goal, but the essence of democracy is when a people have peaceful, legal means to do something about not having a good quality of life. That is completely different from non-democracies, where when the government announces extra taxes on the poor the only thing you can do is revolt or shut up. I come from one of these, which is why I’m saying America is a democracy; I know what it would look like if it wasn’t and for starters half the people in this thread would be arrested.
America is owned by corporations, that’s legit not a democracy.