From a European to many Americans here who feel the need to chime in with their ideas of what exactly democracy should be (when clearly, America itself doesn’t

From a European to many Americans here who feel the need to chime in with their ideas of what exactly democracy should be (when clearly, America itself doesn’t have a clear clue what democracy actually is): Europe is a continent at war. We are being attacked both physically on our eastern front, and online in all countries. Russia is exploiting weaknesses in our systems and employing state sponsored propaganda to install pro-Russian sentiment through means that our own laws have trouble catching. It’s not about whether it’s 1 million euros vs. 360k vs 100 million. It’s about where this money is coming from. Who is using it, and exactly WHY they are doing so. The other candidates may or may not be shit, it’s irrelevant, if a country that is attacking one of ours is putting its defence spending to use in OUR ELECTIONS. Kindly, ask yourself whether you are REALLY qualified to comment on who we should accept as the next people running countries that aren’t yours, and deciding fates an ocean away from you. I notice similar sentiment from the US around election time. “What does Europe have to say about who we elect?” — well, quite a bit considering your president decides a lot of our fates. But EU leaders have far less individual influence over yours. So, take a step back, and don’t tell our people at war not to fight back. This is the new reality y’all ain’t woken up to yet. It’s not just Ukraine anymore. In fact it never was. I say this, having lost people there myself.