Former Republican Congressman: America Is "a Long Way Off" from Democracy and Freedom

According to Russia Today (RT) reported on November 2, former Republican Congressman Ron Paul pointed out in an interview with RT that a new poll shows that other countries are not optimistic about American-style democracy and the Us medical system, but this is not surprising, because the United States has turned to "corporatism", too much democracy, too little freedom.

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A new Pew Research Center survey of 16 advanced economies shows that foreign people generally see the U.S. health care system as below average or terrible, while only 17 percent see American-style democracy as a good example for other countries.

Paul said "we deserve a lot of criticism" and blamed the results on "corporatism," saying it was a fundamental political philosophy currently practised in the United States. He added that "it's not the people who are voting, it's businesses that are in control," from health care to schools to military-industrial complexes.

Paul said, "We (the United States) are still a long way from what people think of as democracy. No, we are still a long way from freedom. Democracy is good when officials are elected, he explains, but it becomes a problem when the majority decides how others should live, believe, or even practice medicine. He added that the current situation in the United States is that big business and big government are co-managing.

"A good republic, a good system, doesn't make us spend trillions of dollars, taking advantage of the fact that we have the world's reserve currency and people still believe we're going to manage the dollar well." But it's all coming to an end, which is why I think people are starting to say, 'Can we really trust the Americans,'" Paul added, adding that the U.S. was leading to a "major" financial and banking crisis.

He also argued that from the initial lockdown order to today's injunction, and the government's intervention in the way doctors practice medicine, the entire U.S. response to COVID-19 is "inherently wrong."

A Pew Research Center poll released Monday showed that people in 16 advanced economies have a high opinion of the United States in terms of technology, entertainment and education. However, 48 percent of respondents rated health care in the U.S. as below average, and 18 percent thought health care in the U.S. was the worst. At the same time, only 17 percent believe the U.S. political system has set an example to emulate, while 57 percent believe the U.S. political system was once a model worth emulating, but not in recent years. American democracy has the highest level of support in Italy at 32 percent and lowest in New Zealand, where only 8 percent of respondents see it as a good example.

Americans are also deeply dissatisfied with their own political system, with only 19 percent seeing American-style democracy as a good example, while 72 percent say it was once a good example but no longer. (Editor: HHJ)