The idea that democracy already failed and americans are already serving oligarchs is more common than you might think.
It’s certainly difficult to see how anti-trump people are anti-democracy: the mechanism with which trump won is distinctly NOT democratic.
To some extent, democracy (and a republic to a far greater extent) only works because of fear of violence. This was discussed heavily in the early days of the republic (well, both the us and rome).
Ehh, you win some you lose some. If you look throughout history, our rights and needs are constantly defended. You could look at that as progress, or you could look at it as a constant rebuffing of powerful forces trying to change the direction of the country. It’s a matter of perspective. Personally i’ve found judging social progress to be a rather fruitless task in a general sense; only when we try to solve specific problems are there clear cut victories and losses.
That’s what they teach in the classrooms you faithfully attended. Gotta love the raptured eyes of the pupils, so alike those wondering about the virtues of Stalinism...
The ex-Soviets I've talked to about this pretty unanimously relate that they were raised to think the USSR was the best country on earth, just like we are in the US. They also tend to agree that life here is way, way better. In other words, just because we both had to recite a Pledge of Allegiance every morning doesn't mean we both had exile, mass murder, man-made famines, etc., on the same scale.
Just because some country in the past had it worse doesn't mean our country now doesn't have massive structural issues. A republic requires the trust of its people to function properly, and the fact that this trust is nearly gone in America should be worrying to everyone.
It’s certainly difficult to see how anti-trump people are anti-democracy: the mechanism with which trump won is distinctly NOT democratic.
To some extent, democracy (and a republic to a far greater extent) only works because of fear of violence. This was discussed heavily in the early days of the republic (well, both the us and rome).