I'm with you on this. I wasn't taking offense at the word "again," simply stating that trying to claim American democracy was ever "great" was historical revis

I'm with you on this. I wasn't taking offense at the word "again," simply stating that trying to claim American democracy was ever "great" was historical revisionism. It didn't become "great" when black people got the vote, either. People in power tried their damnedest to keep them disenfranchised. It didn't become "great" when women got the vote. We've still gone on to commit mass atrocities, some of which took place on our own soil (internment of the Japanese, for instance). It wasn't suddenly "great" after landmark civil rights legislation and Johnson's Great Society programs passed. We still shot peaceful protesters at Kent State, and began a hopeless War on Drugs. And, it's not great now. Public support has essentially zero impact on whether any law or regulation is enacted: https://act.represent.us/sign/the-problem https://act.represent.us/sign/the-problem That's what I was getting at.