# U.S. democracy: Canceled by popular demand? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [July 1, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-democracy-canceled-by-popular-demand/1003599 "2024-07-01T20:54:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-democracy-canceled-by-popular-demand/1003599/27 "2024-07-02T11:50:14Z")
All I can say to that is … great minds: > [@Socialism(or at least, a version thereof) Vs Capitalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socialism-or-at-least-a-version-thereof-vs-capitalism/927389/44): > > I would certainly agree with that. But some measure of that was a negative sum game, particularly where outsourcing took formerly solid middle-class jobs away from entire US communities. Which was totally foreseeable. One of the things I’ve said here before is that the ‘ownership’ class made conscious (and gleeful) decisions to displace substantial domestic workforces in large swaths, leaving them Dollar General and OxyContin in exchange. We created the rust belt in – relatively – extremely… And – much the same as it’s ridiculously easy to _enter into_ a war, and unimaginably difficult to _get out of_ one – it’s easier to give people stuff than it is to take stuff from them. Meaning: pulling back from this one – which could ameliorate misery and reduce the wealth gap – almost surely cannot be done without a rather enormous amount of pain. And – much like getting the money out of politics – those who benefit _so richly_ from the system basically also control it. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-democracy-canceled-by-popular-demand/1003599)._