pcr belives that the west is abandoning what remained of their democracy, and i agree;

The Western World Has Abandoned Democracy

Paul Craig Roberts

Once upon a time political establishments would focus on defeating their opponent/challenger in elections.  Now they imprison them or stop them from running, as the Democrats tried to do to trump with four criminal indictments.  In Brazil Jair Bolsonaro faces alleged coup charges. In Romania, a host country for a US missile base on Russia’s border, Calin Georgecu has been falsely charged with “incitement to actions against the institutional order,” which in translation means running for president against Washington’s puppet government, which he is now barred from doing.  In France Marine Le Pen has been sentenced to two years in a jail cell and a five year ban on running for president of France.

Le Pen’s party holds the largest number of seats in the French legislature or National Assembly. Recent polls show her with a 10 point lead over the establishment candidate, so the establishment protected itself by putting her in prison.  Understand what this means, the French people are being denied by the French government the political representation that they want......more........