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In the US anonymous individuals, groups or corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money on political advertising. Super PACs and (c)4's makes the current US political system more like the political system the founding fathers created. A system where only wealthy white men could vote.

So yeah, the US is a _real_ democracy _if_ you happen to be a rich white man. Not unlike Russia.

US politicians are passing voter repression laws in states with the specific aim of making it harder for voters to vote. Not to mention the gerrymandering of districts.

In the US people are assassinated and jailed for being against the government. Anwar Al-Awlaki and Tarek Mehanna.