It's significantly better than not having them. And the argument "we're too poor to be a democracy" is bullshit. The real issue is that the country is too corr

It's significantly better than not having them. And the argument "we're too poor to be a democracy" is bullshit. The real issue is that the country is too corrupt to be a democracy. (The US also has this problem, but to a much lesser extent. Well, somewhat lesser, at least. Trump has certainly has certainly tried to follow Putin there.) And of course the country is too oppressed to be a democracy. You can't have meaningful elections if you don't have free speech and free press.