Is America heading towards dictatorship?

[A380]

Was the USA a democracy when more than half the population was not allowed to vote?

Yes. I think you are conflating the word democracy with some utopian civilisation you’ve got it your head.

 

[PTK]

Yes. I think you are conflating the word democracy with some utopian civilisation you’ve got it your head.

I thought that "democracy" meant at the minimum that most of the adult population is allowed to vote. If that is not your definition, then what is? Was apartheid South Africa democractic?

 

[A380]

I thought that "democracy" meant at the minimum that most of the adult population is allowed to vote. If that is not your definition, then what is? Was apartheid South Africa democractic?

That’s because you are wrong.

 

[PTK]

That’s because you are wrong.

So, do you classify a state as democratic when most adults are not allowed to vote?

 

[Elpenor]

OK sure, but context is everything. A guided tour of Pyongyang is no doubt statistically 'safer' but it's hardly comparing like with like when they confiscate your phone and have you under 24hr surveillance and can have you convicted as an enemy of the state for so much as nicking a poster. Plus forget about any recourse to an embassy right now.

Better food in DPRK too - buckwheat noodles are far superior to American cuisines

 

[Saul Goodman]

Better food in DPRK too - buckwheat noodles are far superior to American cuisines

What's wrong with spray cheese pizza???

 

[vinba]

I worry about my mum's native Slovakia if Ukraine goes to Russia, though I do get the impression Putin is more fixated on the Baltics.

See you next Tuesday Fico was in Moscow yesterday with his tongue up Putin's backside. The current slovak government is a disgrace and the bunch of idiots running it ranges from imbeciles to criminals. Yet people still vote for them. Still see weapons going down the R1 to Ukraine but most seem to be from other Europeans neighbours. Fico is not adverse to selling weapons to Ukraine as one of his ministers owns a weapons factory

 

[8ball]

That’s because you are wrong.

That's a bit terse - it strikes me as a reasonable question.
The UN* lists "universal suffrage" as an important element of democracy.

* - this example is not intended to demonstrate anything definitive or exhaustive