What is democracy?

By José M. López Sierra

InfoAlDesnudo

Democracy is a system where the government of a nation is driven by the will of the majority of its citizens, and bound by its Constitution. The United States (US) claims to be the “champion of democracy”. Is that so?

No.

The fact of the matter is that while 38 million US citizens live in poverty, and 201 million live from paycheck to paycheck, 9 of the 10 richest men in the world are Americans. That makes the US the champion of plutocracy!

What does the US do, instead of solving its citizens’ problems?

The US decides to go to war against the Russian Federation, which has the most nuclear weapons in the world, in order to colonize her.

The US is today supporting the genocide against the indigenous people of Palestine against international law!

The US is trying to go to war against the People’s Republic of China under the pretext that it supports Taiwan’s inalienable right to self-determination and independence. But if that were true, why has the US consistently refused to comply with 42 United Nations’ resolutions demanding that it immediately return Puerto Rico’s sovereignty to the Puerto Ricans?

And in the meantime, 6 million Puerto Ricans have abandoned our national territory (gentrification), and half of the 3 million who remain in Puerto Rico live in poverty! https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1w/k1wb1xdn6i https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k15/k154ku9q8x

The US, with less than 5% of the world’s population, wants to rule the world forever.

The US is a declining empire.