[bbddg]

Well we don't really have a functional democracy in the US. That's really the core problem to fix before you can start trusting the government more.

[marklubi]

> Well we don't really have a functional democracy in the US.

The United States isn’t a democracy, it’s a democratic republic. Unfortunately, most of that was thrown out with the 17th amendment, and we’re paying for it now with increased federal control.