America is now a 'Backsliding Democracy'

[pmv]

Will anyone listen?

Biden calls on leaders to end ‘backward slide’ of democracy
By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG27 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden expressed alarm at a “backward slide” of democracy around the globe on Thursday, calling on fellow world leaders to work with him to bolster democratic institutions as his administration grows increasingly concerned about China's and Russia's push for global influence.

Sounds like a case of "physician, heal thyself". I mean, the biggest problems seem to be right under his nose.

American democracy is tottering. It’s not clear Americans care.

Biden’s Summit for Democracy is supposed to highlight democracy’s global plight. But in America, not many people are paying attention.

www.vox.com

 

[MrSquished]

It's more important to worry about shop lifting

 

[ivwshane]

Sounds like a case of "physician, heal thyself". I mean, the biggest problems seem to be right under his nose.

American democracy is tottering. It’s not clear Americans care.

Biden’s Summit for Democracy is supposed to highlight democracy’s global plight. But in America, not many people are paying attention.

www.vox.com

If disinformation and propaganda are a global problem and it is, then wouldn’t it make sense to work with our allies to come up with a universal plan to combat it?

Or do you simply think Biden isn’t aware of what’s going on in his own country (which would be a perfect example the propaganda that is put out there).

 

[pmv]

If disinformation and propaganda and a global problem and it is, then wouldn’t it make sense to work with our allies to come up with a universal plan to combat it?

Or do you simply think Biden isn’t aware of what’s going on in his own country (which would be a perfect example the propaganda that is put out there).

I don't get the impression that Biden really sees how bad and how urgent the problem is. What with him being a centrist and all. When he said that thing about the US being 'exceptional' because it was 'founded on an idea', that really implied complacency to me. The US was founded on a lot of things, many of which are part of the reason why it's always been a country that could turn fascist.

 

[HomerJS]

This falls just under the brand of plastic wrap I use on my list of important things.
Maybe they should be thinking about how to defend Taiwan from China, on the off chance that the US decides not to do it.

I find it interesting you find the slow boil of our democracy an unimportant issue.