Not the same. Lenin believed in a democracy of not more than 8 or so people. The bolsheviks won the Soviet elections and Lenin still staged a coup. The Ameri

Not the same. Lenin believed in a democracy of not more than 8 or so people. The bolsheviks won the Soviet elections and Lenin still staged a coup. The American Constitution is an indirect democracy. Direct at the local level, indirect at the Federal level (though eventually by statute and amendment it became direct for Congress). > As we saw in 2016, this check failed. Nonsense. That "failure mode" was designed for. It has happened a few times. Working as expected.