>an article making the claim that perhaps it shouldn't even be called a democracy at all anymore. some of those people here who haven't seen real non-democraci

>an article making the claim that perhaps it shouldn't even be called a democracy at all anymore. some of those people here who haven't seen real non-democracies make all sort of such unfounded claims. To anybody making such claim i suggest to visit my old country - Russia - and try to use any rights supposedly guaranteed by Russian "democracy". >you have to accept that all these other places which don't guarantee freedom of speech to hateful people have just as much, if not more, claim to being democracies as long as they deliver on their guarantees of rights they are good democracies too. I just personally like US style more. Including how for example Congress is elected - individual elections instead of parties lists (like say in Germany). > freedom of speech for all possible minorities is not actually a fundamental part of being a democracy. it is fundamental part of the US democracy because it is guaranteed as such a right here.