An interesting thread on The Democracy Perception Index (DPI), the world’s largestannual study on how people perceive democracy
Every year, this is by far the most interesting study on democracy because it doesn't rely on the opinion of "experts" but on people's actual perceptions.
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) June 2, 2022
As such the results are often surprising and it raises profound questions of what democracy actually is.
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This seems to describe the current state of the US today.
Elections is only encompassed in the "by the people" bit but if you can't elect true representatives "of the people", who act "for the people", elections are pointless.
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