A better balanced view here, Vishnu, from a non-America objective outside observer - [https://medium.com/illumination-curated/democracy2020-the-slow-death-of-american-democracy-c8fb7dcb371b](https://medium.com/illumination-curated/democracy2020-the-slow-death-of-american-democracy-c8fb7dcb371b) . Just the facts

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