The contemporary US is no longer a functioning democracy in the structural sense: a 2015 study showed that for ~84% of policy preferences (e.g., gun control), no amount of public will can result in legislative change, indicating that the correlation between constituent preference and policy outcome has decoupled.
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Salem IsmaelEvidence Quote
“In 2015 yielded a study and showed that the US is not a functioning democracy in any way, shape or form. Uh what they meant by that was that there's no amount of public will that can result in legislation. Right? For 84% of the country believes we should have some form of gun control and you cannot get gun control passed in any way, shape or form.”
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AI Experts Debate: AI Job Loss, The End of Privacy & Beginning of AI Warfare w/ Mo, Salim & Dave 176— Peter H. DiamandisCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:21:56 AM
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