Current events translated with the Orwell language filter Secret courts and secret processes - Police state Gag orders - Authoritarian FISA court with 100% a

Current events translated with the Orwell language filter Secret courts and secret processes - Police state Gag orders - Authoritarian FISA court with 100% approval rates - Kangaroo court Surveillance of citizens - Totalitarian state Zero accountablity to people - Despotic regime Elections is not equal to democracy. I think by now we have to concede the US fails the democracy test. There is no way for citizens to effect change peacefully and these actions are in no way consistent with a democratic state.