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Diana Lugo

Profesor Deva

ENGL-1302

10/22/18

Research Report

The topic I chose to do my research paper on is a subject that is not freely spoken about in the states. It’s on whether or not the United States is truly democratic. With this being said, I am planning to use current and unconventional ideas to convey my position. Such as, researching Russian meddling, totalitarian elements within the government, and comparing U.S laws to dictatorships around the world. I’ve concluded that our nation is not the as perfect and heavenly as we describe it to be. The reality is the United States, ironically, has contributed towards many of the actions they’ve condemned in the past. Like, putting in place legislation for personal gain, the act of getting rid of multiple ethnicities in the name of “peace”, and finally the discreet collaboration with Russia. In all, the more we dive deeper within the walls of the government, we are awoken to the truth. Which is the United States in theory is democratic however, there are elements of totalitarianism within our society that should be brought to light.

To begin, my research topic is centered around the idea of whether or not the United States is truly democratic or are we seeing a gradual change in characteristics that will end up being catastrophic. When researching I found various articles that believed the U.S is not the nation we make it out to be due to the Electoral College. To clarify, the Electoral College is subgroup of representatives that vote on a President or Vice-President. The catch is that this group of representatives can overrule popular vote. To put this in perspective, in 2016 Hillary Clinton won the U.S popular vote but, Donald Trump won the electoral college. Thus, he is now president. Ultimately, we know that this is unfair towards the masses. Therefore, I decided not to go with the mainstream answer towards this prompt. I wanted to push the boundaries of what is acceptable to say about the government. As a result, I was able to find elements of totalitarianism within the nation. In my research I'll demonstrate the similarities between Nazi Germany and various actions taken by President Roosevelt, Clinton, and Trump. Along with the horrible conditions Latin America and the middle east was left with due to America's involvement, which they did in a effort to spread democracy.

As with everything controversial, this topic has two sides of the story. In particular, there is a strong urge to terminate anything that is not related to western traditions. Especially, if the subject matter is closely related to the 1930’s and 40’s Nazi Germany. Keeping this in mind, one of the biggest reasons for denouncing this form of government is because totalitarianism has been proven not to work. For example, we’ve seen USSR, Mao Zedong, and Hitler all fail miserably in there efforts to construct a totalitarian government. To make matters worse, after the democratization of these countries corruption was wide spread within the land therefore, democracy failed. To this day we’ve not seen the complete transformation of Russia whose government is claiming they are following democratic rules but, this is the same country whose president has been serving in office for 10 years and has government owned television along with censorship of the media.

With all this being said, some people say that switching over towards a dictatorship would be beneficial to the country. In all honesty, there were not many arguments favoring this type of transition. Nevertheless, the articles I did find and read argued that the U.S democratic system will ultimately come to an end due to its constant racism, uneven wealth distribution, and over arching patriotism. Hence, the idea that totalitarianism could be savior the United States since it does not have classism which would “theoretically” solve racism therefore, ending the unfair distribution of money. Furthermore, another explanation for switching political systems is that the birth of democracy was totalitarianism. It’s for this reason many Americans are rooting for their return to its original government. In all, the arguments for totalitarianism is based on a hypothetical ending of racism, social classes, and a closing of the wealth gap.

To conclude, my research report is consisting of various examples of current and past events. My goal is to unveil a new way of perceiving the United States. Personally, I’ve come to the conclusion that the U.S is a democracy, on the surface level. However, when diving deeper into the semantics of the government's whereabouts we can see Americas true colors unfold before our eyes. Due to the facts given to me by the databases. In the end, it is up to the audience to decide what to believe about the nation.