Well, since coming from there, I know east germany. (even though was born later). But this is not a good example, because in east germany there were in theory

Well, since coming from there, I know east germany. (even though was born later). But this is not a good example, because in east germany there were in theory democratic, secret votes. They were just meaningless, as the voting system and everything else was in control of a totalitarian party. So you think, the US is like this? People are mostly afraid to speak of their true opinion? Sad state of the land of the free, then.