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Those European countries are also democracies, though. In many cases, they are more democratic, because they don't have undemocratic features like the Senate.

• koheripbal 7y ago
  The Senate is not meant to be representation by population - it is representation by geography. A different slice of the country that isn't undemocratic. Since both houses of congress need to agree on a bill, both of those different slices need to agree to pass a law.
  • dragonwriter 7y ago
    > The Senate is not meant to be representation by population Yes, it is deliberately anti-democratic. > it is representation by geography. By political subdivisions, actually. > A different slice of the country that isn't undemocratic. It is absolutely and deliberately antidemocratic by initial design.
    • koheripbal 7y ago
      No, "anti-democratic" would be a dictatorship. This is just a different slice of society - one that doesn't favor the political party you are in favor of, and so you're happy to miscategorize it. ...but be careful. Eroding the public perception of legitimacy in the American system won't have the impact you intent. The only realistic way to convert to a pure representation-by-population system would be a revolution - and those seldom produce any form of democracy at all. ...and usually involve quite a bit of death and destruction in the process of NOT achieving their goals.