Tag: American democracy
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COVID-19 pandemic reveals hypocrisy of so-called American democracy
“Health care should be a right, not a privilege in America.” These words recently said by U.S. President Joe Biden when he delivered a speech at the U.S. Capitol received huge attention. What he said reflected the chaos and trauma in the U.S. caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as a fact that the…
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Gun violence a long-lasting and deep rooted problem of American democracy
“Our flag at the White House was still flying at half—staff for the 8 victims of the mass shooting in Georgia, when 10 more lives were taken in a mass shooting in Colorado. In the week between those mass shootings, more than 250 other Americans were shot dead.” Those were the remarks made by U.S.…
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American democracy is dominated by money
Does the U.S. want democracy or money-dominated democracy? The U.S. society should really think hard about the question—although some politicians in the country already have an answer that they dare not to expose: American democracy is merely a disguise as it is actually dominated by money. “There are two things that are important in politics.…