Capitalists are running the 'democracy' show

Democracy by whom?

Even though:

Bear linked to his own article published that day:

"Climate Scientists Say Democracy is Rigged": But you didn't hear about it. Nate Bear. Do Not Panic! (Substack). November 3, 2023

And also to this CNN article: The planet is heating up faster than predicted, says scientist who sounded climate alarm in the 1980s, Laura Paddison, CNN, November 2, 2023

A commenter in the thread linked to this: "The U.S. is an oligarchy? The research, explained, published on RepresentUs, which may have been written in 2014.

Democracy for whom?

"This is the 14th annual American Values Survey, conducted by the PRRI in partnership with the Brookings Institution. Interviews with 2,525 adults, a representative sample from across the United States, were conducted in the last week of August. And the results are… not exactly encouraging."

— Thomas Zimmer, "Do Americans Value Democracy?", Substack, Democracy Americana, November 19, 2023.

Most USAmericans, Republican and Democrat alike, say that democracy is in danger. But, Zimmer says:

"The first question we need to ask whenever someone says 'democracy' is: What kind of democracy, how much, and for whom – who is included, and who is not? The people who vote for Trump clearly don’t share the vision of egalitarian multiracial pluralism. What they worry about is losing *their* democracy: A restricted version of democracy that leaves entrenched hierarchies of race, gender, and religion largely intact. They are committed to defending their white Christian patriarchal democracy – and determined to prevent multiracial pluralism. From a normative perspective, their preferred order is certainly not very democratic. But it is in line with what used to be the norm across the 'West' until very recently."