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SidneyR

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10. The USA is NOT a democracy.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 04:56 PM

Thursday

Far from it. Americans should stop claiming they live in a democratic country because they do not. It's a quasi-democracy, a fake democracy, nothing but an elite oligarchy.

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