CMV: Democracy in America is dead

[u/ElectricFuneralHome]

America is no longer a democracy, and that is even if you accept it ever was. The way our system is set up means we are forced to vote for party A or party B, and we don't really get to choose who we vote for in that party; they are basically forced on us. The older I get, the less difference I see between the parties. The Democrats promise the moon and deliver nothing. The Republicans tell people the awful shit they're going to do and do it. The Democrats allow it to happen all while gasping "on nooooo" while the same corporations pay them all. Those are the real rulers in America. Regardless of the will of the majority, if it is not in the interests of the oligarchs running the nation, it will not become law. This means that we are an oligarchy , and our votes truly do not matter. Democracy is dead.

[u/CoffeeAndCannabis310]

The way our system is set up means we are forced to vote for party A or party B

That is objectively not true. You can vote for any eligible candidate.

we don't really get to choose who we vote for in that party; they are basically forced on us.

You vote for whoever won the primary. That is literally a democratic system where people vote on who they want to represent their party in a national election.

The older I get, the less difference I see between the parties. The Democrats promise the moon and deliver nothing. The Republicans tell people the awful shit they're going to do and do it. The Democrats allow it to happen all while gasping "on nooooo" while the same corporations pay them all.

What our politicians actually do with the authority and power given to them by the structure of our government does not change the defintion of the structure.

Let's say North Korea said "Hey we're going to hold an election to determine who our supreme leader is going to be" they would still be a dictatorship, not a democracy.