democracy. a charade?

what does democracy look like through authoritarian eyes ?

when all you've ever known is rigged elections how would you view an electoral college?

when all you've ever known is control of the legal system how would you view a former US president declaring political persecution ?

when all you've ever known is corruption how would you view campaign donations, PACs and Super PACs ?

we may think Putin sees democracy as a threat to his business but is he actually seeing just a tawdry, inneficient charade trying to muscle in ?

do dictators think we preach democracy because we believe we already have it?

are we satisfied with the status quo of our democracies ?

if not, what are we doing about it ?

and are we communicating we go to war for the democratic values we aspire to, NOT the democracy we have ?

just thinkin.