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Re:Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade by tomp on Friday June 24, 2022 @04:18PM (#31868757)
This is a common fallacy.

The US is the oldest and most stable democracy.

It also works more-or-less as intended. On issues where there is broad consensus (e.g. COVID relief) it can move incredibly quickly. On issues where there is broad disagreement (e.g. abortion) it moves very slowly or not at all (requiring compromise).

I wish more countries were like the US (or, alternatively, like Switzerland, which represents the other extreme with their direct democracy).

Re:Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade by ClayShentrup on Saturday June 25, 2022 @04:32PM (#31878491)
The United States has a deeply flawed democracy and is ranked number 36 by the economist.

https://www.democracymatrix.com/ranking

We use the world's worst voting method and are heavily gerrymanded.