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Is the United States a democracy? Yes and no. Is the United States the country of the rule of law? Yes and no. What does that mean? What do these questions and answers mean exactly?

The United States is a democratic country in terms of institutional, nominal, ostensible, and outward aspects. Yes, it is a democracy. So-called “We the People” own the society. They vote and elect their elected government officials, and they are governed by those officials and by the consent of the governed.

The United States is the nation of the rule of law. It has Congress in Washington, D.C., and has General Assemblies in State Legislatures. It has so-called “Honorable” judges at the State level and Federal level. It has the laws which are the Constitution of the United States, State constitutions in the United States, statutes, administrative laws, common laws, and case laws. Yes, it is the nation of the rule of law.

The United States may not be a democratic country in terms of substantial, actual, functional, internal, and fundamental aspects. No, it is not a democracy. Not all people vote. The political perception of voters is contaminated or distorted by the political propaganda of a very cunning political mechanism and machine. At the end of the day, money talks in American politics. Big corporations and their money rule politics directly or indirectly, or at least have very powerful influence on American society.

The United States may not be a nation of the rule of law in terms of its functional and fundamental aspects. No, it is not the country of the rule of law. Politicians make laws that are against the interests of the general public. The legislative process tends to be bargained, traded, negotiated, and compromised through the process of lobbying. The vast majority of the general public actually doesn’t know what kinds of laws are being made or discussed. That is the reality.

And so-called “Honorable” judges interpret laws arbitrarily and hide their actions in the name of judicial discretion or interpretation. It is suspected that bribery deals are made behind the scenes or under the table.

At the core, there exist the social problems of American Greed and American Corruption. The greed and corruption deprave politicians, judicial officials, and government officials, who are extremely selfish and very greedy, and who don’t care about others, the general public, or the public interest of the whole society. Corrupt and greedy corporations fuel and orchestrate schemes, white-collar crime, hybrid crime, and sometimes physical and violent crime, especially when individuals within those organizations think they can’t hide their white-collar or hybrid crimes.

What kind of country is the United States? Is it a blessed country? Or is it a cursed nation? If political deception, social exploitation, and legal coercion continue to exist in this society, human history may record the U.S. as a country of failure, corruption, depravity, and decadence.

It is time for American citizens to call for another American Revolution against powerful vested interests that are greedy, corrupt, irresponsible, dysfunctional, antisocial, and even criminal.

The American Newspaper Editorial.
www.americannewspaper.org

Published: October 13, 2022 (10/13/2022).