Last two presidential elections have highlighted many weaknesses of our democratic institutions.
When a majority leader with less than 51% of the vote deems it to be an endorsement of war and a divine mandate to meddle in overhauling society, it is undemocratic.
When more than 90% of incumbents are elected repeatedly, the winning parties indulge in gerrymandering and the politics is the domain of the rich and dynastic, it reflects a serious deterioration of our democratic institutions.
When leaders become dogmatic and wedded to social engineering and are allergic to a public discourse citing national security, the democracy is headed downhill.
When incumbents spend most of their time in preparing for the next election, it is a serious malfunction of democracy.
Despite serious dilution, US still remains a model democracy to the rest of the world. We will strengthen our democracy if we rethink our relationships with the rest of the world by:
Not touting a brand of democracy germinated at la Da Vinci Code style think tanks, some of which are as sinister as Al Qaida and Hamas in pushing their own agenda.
Practicing and reforming our own democracy and not run to the foreign shores brandishing the flag of democracy and capitalism.
Strengthen middle class by stopping the war hysteria and funding small business incubators which have been the building block of this nation.
Ask every citizen of the United States to contribute $ 100 to set up a fund to make our borders and immigration process pilfer free and safe. Safe borders are the ultimate protection we can afford to our increasingly fragile democracy.
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