America is a flawed democracy, yet despite that it has operated as the "policeman of the world," supposedly trying to make democracy worldwide practice.
The
lack of democracy in the USA did not arise with the recent Trump
instigated attempted coup in that nation's capital which saw a handful
of racist thugs invading their parliament. The fact is, in the USA, the
majority has never necessarily ruled, although that is what democracy
is all about. So, in 2000, George W. Bush 'won' against Al Gore although he
only got 47.9% of the votes cast while Gore got 48.4%. In other words, Gore got
the majority of the votes cast, resulting in over half million more votes
than Bush, but Bush became President.
The
same situation occurred in 2016, only the disparity was
much worse. For in those elections, Hilary Clinton got in excess of
three million votes more than Trump, yet he ended up as
president. No wonder the autocrat Trump can insist he should remain
president in 2020, although he got almost eight million votes less than
Biden!
Trump
is nothing but a fascist, potential tin-pot dictator though, for from
2016, he has consistently declared that if he did not win the election,
it would be because of corruption! And he came back with the same song and
dance in 2020, and this time it became a crescendo since November 3rd, because he
was rejected at the polls.
Amusingly
though, he quickly accepted the representatives in his own party, who got
elected in the states he was disputing and under the same system he calls
corrupt.
I
think Trump is the most corrupt politician in the history of modern
America.
In
his very first term, he was impeached, though not removed, for trying to
strong-arm Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky, to come up with fake information on his opponent
Joe Biden, for use in the 2020 election campaign. Then after he
lost the popular vote in 2020, the electoral college votes, every challenge
in the courts, he tried to strong arm the Secretary of State in Georgia to find
him votes to overturn the results in that state and find him some votes so he
could be declared the winner there.
When
all that failed, as a last desperate attempt, he ordered his Vice President to
lie about the number of votes he earned from the electoral college, despite the
fact that the Vice President had no such power, as his job was basically
ceremonial, going no further than declaring how many votes there were coming
from each state.
So,
like a modern-day Papa Doc (former Haitian dictator), he turned
to his thugs, the Proud Boys, urging them to turn to violence.
Those Proud Boys, are a far right group of white supremacists, who
he told on the 29th, September 2020, to "Stand back and stand by."
Well on the 6th January 2021, they were given the command by the president of the USA himself which led to the violent assault on Capitol Hill. When the smoke cleared, one female insurgent was found dead, a policeman was killed, four others died from other causes, many were injured and pipe bombs plus a car with explosives found nearby.
When
this pathetic failed coup was met with national and international condemnation
and Trump censored by Twitter and Facebook, the barefaced president in his typical
self-serving fashion, threw his stupid supporters under the bus,
declaring; "Those who violently besieged our Capitol are the opposite of
everything this administration stands for."
What a scandal. In a civilized country, Trump as the
instigator of the riots he belatedly pretended to condemn, would be arrested.
Anyway,
despite the USA having a flawed democratic system, they do
have strong and tested institutions, the most outstanding in this
situation being the courts. For at every level, despite the
fact that Trump had appointed the majority of the judges, they stood up for the
constitution.
But back to the failed coup; I have to wonder if General Michael Flynn had still been in the army, if that attempt to violently overthrow the democratic system in the USA might not have succeeded in at least starting a civil war? For using tactics like those of their hero Vladimir Putin, Flynn could probably have been able to mobilize enough troops under his command to do some meaningful damage. For he had even suggested after Trump lost the November 3 election, that he should declare martial law and rerun the elections in the states he lost under military supervision! Although since Trump consistently used bone spur as a medical excuse to avoid military duty and called soldiers suckers and losers, between the both of them, they probably couldn't find enough white racists to sacrifice their lives for that loser.
But who knows, for although he is clearly delusional, he found millions of even more delusional Americans to vote for him!
But
I am straying into conjecture.
What
the attempted coup in Washington on the 6th January 2021
further exposed, is just how racist a society the USA is.
Can you imagine if President Obama had become stark staring mad and had dared to mobilize a mob to take over the capital city after his second term had ended and he was obliged to give up power? I guarantee that not only would a significant number of his supporters have been shot on sight, but Obama himself would most likely have been lynched and so would any other black man that the white racists encountered for days and probably weeks to come!
Although the democracy in the USA is very flawed as it can make the will of the majority irrelevant, Trump and his mob ha now taken away the ability of the Americans to ever again try and lecture any other county in the world about democracy!
But maybe that's not such a bad thing is it?
Brilliantly said Joan
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