alt Hacker News> the single most secure democracy anywhere right now or in history.
So secure, in fact, that it has secured itself even against the influence of its own citizens.
> the single most secure democracy anywhere right now or in history.
So secure, in fact, that it has secured itself even against the influence of its own citizens.
That's not really accurate. The US is structured so that it is self-reinforcing from the bottom up and the top down simultaneously. State laws cannot violate the U.S. constitution and many types of elections cannot be gerrymandered. Even gerrymandered legislatures have limits on what they can do. You can't simply have one party change a state's constitution. Even congress can't be entirely gerrymandered.
Also, we have guns. LOTS of guns. The U.S. military's first and sole responsibility is to the constitution itself. If any state or the federal government tries to get rid of their constitutions, the military can rightfully take it over and re-establish a constitution.
There is no other country that's even remotely close to this secure.