Re: The joy of Democracy

On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 19:00:52 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2024-10-20, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
 

That’s why you have more checks and balances: an independent judiciary,
en electoral commission that operates transparently and free from
political interference, a free press, and an electorate that stays
informed about what is being done in their name by their leaders.

 
All of which are being dismantled in the U.S.

Who was it who said: “the price of liberty is eternal vigilance”.

There seems to be this assumption in the US that nobody else does it
better. So if they cannot make a free, secular democracy based on the rule
of law work, then nobody else can.