“X” essay written by Mike Bski (@BskiMike22802 on February 2, 2026
My post may be long, but worth the read;
US Army (Ret),
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Teacher,
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Medina, OH
Dear Fellow Americans,
Let me walk you through the most delicious irony in modern politics. The party that won’t shut up about “saving democracy” has spent the last decade systematically undermining every democratic process they can get their hands on.
1. DEMOCRATIC vs DEMOCRACY: WORDS MATTER
First, let’s get something straight because apparently your teachers failed you. There’s a difference between “democratic” (an adjective describing representative processes) and “democracy” (a noun describing direct majority rule).
America is a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. Not a democracy. The Constitution mentions “democracy” exactly ZERO times. Article IV, Section 4 guarantees every state a “Republican Form of Government.” Madison warned in Federalist No. 10 that “democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention… as short in their lives as violent in their deaths.” Hamilton celebrated “legislative balances and checks” in Federalist No. 9 as safeguards against tyranny. John Adams observed in 1814 that “Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself.”
The Electoral College, Senate structure, and judicial review exist SPECIFICALLY to prevent pure majority rule. You know, that thing Democrats keep trying to abolish.
2. DEMOCRATS HAVEN’T USED DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS SINCE 2012
Let’s talk about how Democrats select their own candidates. First, there’s the SUPERDELEGATE system, which is the most anti-democratic mechanism imaginable. These are party elites, lobbyists, and insiders who get votes that count MORE than regular voters. In 2016, Hillary Clinton had 400+ superdelegates committed to her BEFORE A SINGLE PRIMARY VOTE WAS CAST. The media reported her insurmountable delegate lead from day one, suppressing enthusiasm for alternatives. Regular Democratic voters were essentially told their votes didn’t matter because the party elite had already decided.
In 2016, the DNC actively sabotaged Bernie Sanders through leaked emails showing they were tipping the scales for Hillary Clinton. The DNC was supposed to be neutral, but Donna Brazile admitted she fed debate questions to Clinton in advance. Remember Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigning in disgrace? The superdelegates made the primary a foregone conclusion before voters even showed up.
In 2020, Biden was LOSING badly until every moderate candidate mysteriously dropped out simultaneously before Super Tuesday in a coordinated effort to stop Bernie. Not exactly organic democracy. The superdelegate system was slightly reformed after 2016 backlash, but they still exist as a fail-safe for when voters choose “wrong.”
But 2024 takes the cake. Kamala Harris became the nominee without receiving A SINGLE PRIMARY VOTE for the presidency. Biden withdrew, and the party coronated Harris immediately. No debates. No primaries. No democratic process whatsoever. As Biden’s own vetting documents revealed, Harris wasn’t chosen for competence but because she fit certain demographic boxes. Biden literally said at the South Carolina debate he would pick a Black woman as VP, not the most qualified person.
She dropped out of the 2020 primary BEFORE Iowa because she couldn’t even get support from her own party’s voters. Now she’s the nominee without earning a single vote? That’s not democratic, it’s a coronation.
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