America Is Not A Democracy. It’s A Game

I hate to break it to you, but your democracy sucks

indi.ca
4 min readSep 21, 2020

America isn’t a democracy, it’s a demented game of Monopoly. Your President didn’t win the vote, he just held the right properties. Community Chest is literally a coffin in the Supreme Court. More to the point, all of your resources are being taken by a small elite, while most people can barely pass GO. This isn’t a democracy. It’s a twisted game.

Americans like to think they’re a beacon of democracy, but they’ve been smoking their own propaganda too long. America is not a democracy, and no actual democracy functions like this. Because it’s non-functional.

I say America’s not a democracy because 56 countries had universal suffrage before America, including my shithole, Sri Lanka. When America was founded only 6% of people could vote and, guess what, rich white men with property are still running things. Even with the franchise, Americans barely vote, and who can blame them. The system is structurally rigged. Again, you don’t need to win the vote to be President. Land has more representation than human beings. This is not a functional democracy. It’s Monopoly. Kleptocracy, to be exact.

To ‘win’ at American democracy you fundamentally need to control land. If you win the legislature in a state, you can literally draw…

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Indrajit (Indi) Samarajiva is a Sri Lankan writer. Follow me at www.indi.ca, or just email me at indi@indi.ca.