TheStateofDemocracyintheUnitedStates:2022——Americandemocracyinchronicills_GuangmingOnlineTheStateofDemocracyintheUnitedStates:2022——AmericandemocracyinchronicillsByZhangZhouIn2022,theviciouscycleofdemocraticpretensions,dysfunctionalpoliticsandadividedsocietycontinuedintheUnitedStates.Problemssuchasmoneypolitics,identitypolitics,socialrifts,andthegulfbetweentherichandpoorworsened.ThemaladiesafflictingAmericandemocracydeeplyinfectedthecellsofUSpoliticsandsociety,andfurtherrevealedUSgovernancefailureandinstitutionaldefects.--AmericandemocracyinfurtherdeclineThefunctioningofAmericandemocraticinstitutionsmaylookaslivelyasacircus,withpoliticiansofallstripesshowingoffthemselvesoneafteranother.Buthoweverboisteroustheshowis,itcannothidethelethargyinaddressingthelong-standing,graveproblems.--PoliticalpolarizationintensifiedbypartisanfightsAmidtheescalatingpoliticalbattles,politiciansputtheinterestsoftheirpoliticalpartiesandfactionsabovethoseofthecountryandactedinanunbridledwaytoattackandpinblamesoneachother.--MoneypoliticssurgedIntheUS,moneyisthebreastmilkofpoliticsandelectionsincreasinglymorphintomonologuesofthewealthy,whilethepubliccallfordemocracyismadeonly“ajarringnote”.WiththedevilofmoneylurkingineverycornerofAmericanpolitics,fairnessandjusticeisnaturallystrained.--“Freedomofspeech”innameonlyTheUnitedStateshasalwaysprideditselfonfreespeech.Inreality,however,freedomofspeechintheUnitedStatesisupheldaccordingtoself-centered“USstandards”.Partisaninterestandmoneypoliticshavebecomethe“twobigmountains”thatweighonfreespeech.AnyspeechthatisdetrimentaltotheinterestsoftheUSgovernmentorcapitalissubjecttostrictrestrictions.--ThejudicialsystemblindtopublicopinionAsaninstitutionundergirdingthecountry’sConstitution,theUSSupremeCourt,liketheAmericansociety,hasbecomedeeplydivided.Judicialpowerishijackedbypublicopinion,andpartisanstrugglehasspreadtothejudicialsystem.Increasingly,SupremeCourtdecisionsreflectthehugechasmbetween“twoAmericas”—theconservativesandliberals,andhavebeenreducedtoatoolofpoliticalwarfare.--AmericansincreasinglydisillusionedwithAmericandemocracyAmericans’prideintheirdemocracyhasdroppedsharply,from90%in2002to54%in2022,accordingtoajointWashingtonPost-UniversityofMarylandsurvey.ApollbythePublicPolicyInstituteofCaliforniashowsthatCalifornianvotershavewidespreadconcernthatAmericandemocracyisgoingofftrack,with62%sayingthecountryisheadedinthewrongdirection.Source:TheStateofDemocracyintheUnitedStates:2022BackgroundimagesarecreatedbyAIcreator.Editor:LiuJiamingDisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.