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Originally Posted by mantisG35
yah it does sound bizarre because i wanna try to make it sound like a joke, but is it really a joke?
we're pretty close to dictatorships tho. we are almost identical to pakistan and egypt. this is where we have our democratic institutions like the congress but the president does what he wants to do regardless.
the other type of dictatorships is when the "democratic" institutions established only say what the president wants. that's like Saddam, or Russia.
i dont wanna get philosophical, but i really do not believe democracy exists anywhere in the world now.
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Yes, it is a joke.
The President is subject to the same checks on his power today as ever, a amazing amount more than previous wartime presidents actually. There is nothing about our current situation that is similar to Pakistan or Egypt.
We were not designed to be, nor have we ever been a democracy.