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I hate it when people say "America did this" or "Russia is doing that" or "China" or any country. I doubt the average Russian or Chinese citizen has any more influence over what their governments do than we do in the US... I wish people would start naming names and perhaps even labeling them with their major sponsors/donors. Like "today president Biden, with more than $3m in donations from defense contractors, signs another $90b over to Israel for 'military aid'"
But the US government is voted by the US people in overall democratic elections. The people in Russia and China do not get this freedom and responsibility.
Gerrymandering, etc. Republicans keep losing the majority vote and still winning elections because they won a larger number of districts (because they control the drawing of districts in too many places). Plus voter suppression. And then they block all reform.
I think we can both agree that the level of meddling by gerrymandering or other measures is still a much much lower level of obstructions compared to Russia and China. And why are the democrats not fighting against these obstructive measures?
They use them too
Some are, but they're usually in legislative minority where it's happening