Last week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Vice President Kamala Harris officially became the Democratic nominee for US president. The symbolic and celebratory event - which included a live concert and dance party with rapper Lil Jon - was the culmination of a carefully choreographed, by-the-powers-that-be process unprecedented in American politics.
Back in the USSR, we had no real elections - and ordinary people had no real say in who would govern 'Mother Russia.' State rulers would appear out of nowhere and geriatric General secretaries... simply hand picked their successors. There were no election campaigns, no party platforms, and no debates.
Those who ignored their civic duty got a knock on the door by so-called agitators - demanding to know why a Soviet comrade had yet to perform their duty at the ballot box. Those who failed to appear were punished and labeled 'anti-Soviet,' while the number of Soviet citizens who voted never fell below 99%.
Decades on, America's Democrats have clearly borrowed a page from this Soviet playbook. Although the US is far from communist, the similarities can't be ignored.
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