Hard to tell when the United States slipped from being a Democracy entirely, but purposely not funding he post office so that mail-in ballots won't be able to be counted in a timely manner, in order to swing an election certainly seems like a last straw.
204 years later...
It's shame really. Founding Fathers would be turning in their graves, but you also have to wonder if they wouldn't be all that surprised that the grand experiment of America failed.
Fundamentally, it is just that an experiment. Democracy is a fragile concept. We've learned that increasingly over the last three and a half years.
Not that democracy in and of itself, equals equality.
In fact, governance in the West has felt increasingly unfair over the last decades.
I started becoming politically interested around the turn of the century. Seems funny to say, but it's true. And in that time, it has felt like the growing and now insanely gaping wealth divide is the single most damaging aspect of Western civilization.
Makes me wonder how long we can go on like this?
What do you think? Let me know your answers in the comments below.
And in terms of a way forward: a blockchain presidential vote would be a hell of a lot cheaper than the billions the post office needs... but I get we're not there yet in terms of that being a secure, safe choice.
Someday maybe in a true democracy.