And how exactly is the U.S. throwing its own away? In the last elections, held right on schedule as constitutionally designed, a certain slight majority percentage of voters picked their candidate and he got elected. Or do you define throwing away as any time someone you don't like wins, legitimately, through the exact process designed for picking heads of state?
It's getting tedious to see the hysterics that many go into about the destruction of democracy whenever whatever their emotional and ideological preference is doesn't happen as they want.
We did elect a guy who is trying to control the Press and says that the lie of the stolen election is grounds for terminating articles of the Constitution. And who tried to undermine the results of the previous election.
I mostly agree with your point, but one pedantic correction is that only a slight plurality of voters, not a slight majority, picked Trump. Trump won 49.8% of the popular vote.
I assume you're a lot more familiar than me with South Korea and the US to make sweeping statements like this one.
I for one follow the news from both and realize that I don't really know enough to have strong opinions. I honestly can't tell whether the South Korean president being arrested is something that furthers democracy or doesn't, what role the president fulfills in that democracy etc. I'm not going to jump to conclusions until I've spent a lot more time learning about the topic (which I'm unlikely to do because it's really not super important for me).
>I'm not going to jump to conclusions until I've spent a lot more time learning about the topic (which I'm unlikely to do because it's really not super important for me).
Huh? Did you consider not adding a comment to this thread (before learning enough on this topic to have a substantive contribution)?
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It's getting tedious to see the hysterics that many go into about the destruction of democracy whenever whatever their emotional and ideological preference is doesn't happen as they want.
And he's extremely charismatic and popular.
It's not a great look.
There was an attempt:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capito...
Sadly the (alleged) instigator seems to not be held to account:
* https://www.justice.gov/storage/Report-of-Special-Counsel-Sm...
There have also been more subtle machinations:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REDMAP
(He’a also a felon and a rapist, but I suppose those qualities can be weighed separately from the treason and sedition.)
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I for one follow the news from both and realize that I don't really know enough to have strong opinions. I honestly can't tell whether the South Korean president being arrested is something that furthers democracy or doesn't, what role the president fulfills in that democracy etc. I'm not going to jump to conclusions until I've spent a lot more time learning about the topic (which I'm unlikely to do because it's really not super important for me).
Huh? Did you consider not adding a comment to this thread (before learning enough on this topic to have a substantive contribution)?
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