a liberal democracy in which the politicians and bureaucrats behave like chimpanzees on LSD. they throw shit at their peers, and eat food that they know they have stolen but will receive no consequences due to them being "StAtE OfFiCiAlS".
the congress of this democracy seemingly cannot function without pork barrel politics. the congress doubles as a retirement home and mental asylum, or sometimes a massive sex offender registry.
this democracy will last only until a war breaks out, and will go back to a normal democratic system but fade slowly into late stage democracy once more.
common late stage democracies include but aren't limited to; the united states, the united kingdom, canada, and hungary.
"OMG DRUMP IS GONNA DESTROY OUR DEMOCRACY"
"we will always be a democracy, a late stage democracy."
Something that seems reasonable to people at the left side of the intelligence bell curve but eternally frustrating people on the right.
"Did you see the new episode of big brother?" "No. Sorry, I don't have the patience for democracy."
Democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
But the people retreads
After a vote we decide to rape you in the name of democracy
Revised definition for 2020: A form of governance in which only Republicans are allowed to win.
Trump lost by 7 million votes, filed over 50 lawsuits and lost all of them, and was rejected by the Supreme Court twice. This is NOT DEMOCRACY!!!
Republic is better than a Joe frickin Biden who doesn't give a shat about America and raises gas prices while he forgets his name so many times. Even Kim Jong Un is better at ruling.
Person 1: What is a Democracy? Person 2: Constant suffering of gas prices and donating too much money to Ukraine.
As long as people value safety/security over personal freedom, they will have no right to do anything that makes them feel safe, they will only have a right to get in line for the slaughterhouse, since they've already given up all the other rights they weren't fighting for. When someone tells someone to tell you that is what's best for you and you never question the source behind the (mis)information, that's what you end up with.
Democracy is only as good as the fight people are willing to put towards it, that was how the country got started. There has always been hypocrisy and double standards, the country was founded by slaveowners fighting for independence and freedom, and bullshit has always been the glue that held it all together, but if nobody fights then nobody has any rights, no matter what they look like.
Lack of democracy doesn't just affect white people. Ahmaud Arbery was a casualty of a shortage of democracy, that kind of thing happens when people value safety over personal freedom (it's the opposite of safe, even if it seems like a good idea at first, after all Hitler spoke of peace and love winning before he took over Germany). A guy got shot because some other guys thought he had no right for them not to feel safe. When people value safety over personal freedom, rights disappear. It works the same way with masks and vaccines, and an overpoliced country where unarmed people are getting killed frequently for no good reason.
Democracy is still around, but people aren't fighting for it, many are still accepting any restrictions to their freedom and democracy a few people can think up to put on their behavior and movement.