10 Reasons Why America is Almost Certainly Not a Democracy

We need to stop pretending that it is

If you ask the average American to define their government, the answer is almost reflexively, “the greatest democracy on Earth.” It’s the national mythology, ingrained in civics classes and reinforced by political rhetoric on both sides of the aisle. We vote, therefore we are free.

But if you ask political scientists, data analysts, or international watc…