Threatening Our Oligarchy.
The US is not a democracy and as Americans, we're fine with that fact. After all, democracies are the tyrannies of the majorities. Two wolves and a sheep, making dinner plans. What bothers us the most, are those hypocritical politicians and pundits, trying to convince us that they care about democracies and that indeed, we live in one and should aspire to do so. Fuck those clowns, they're fooling no one. Indeed, the US was once a republic but we couldn't keep it.
One of the most steadfast beliefs regarding the United States is that it is a democracy. Whenever this conviction waivers slightly, it is almost always to point out detrimental exceptions to core American values or foundational principles.
For instance, aspiring critics frequently bemoan a “loss of democracy” due to the election of clownish autocrats, draconian measures on the part of the state, the revelation of extraordinary malfeasance or corruption, deadly foreign interventions, or other such activities that are considered undemocratic exceptions.
The same is true for those whose critical framework consists in always juxtaposing the actions of the U.S. government to its founding principles, highlighting the contradiction between the two and clearly placing hope in its potential resolution.
Rather than blindly believing in a golden age of democracy in order to remain at all costs within the gilded cage of an ideology produced specifically for us by the well-paid spin-doctors of a plutocratic oligarchy, we should unlock the gates of history and meticulously scrutinize the founding and evolution of the American imperial republic.