Not the same. Lenin believed in a democracy of not more than 8 or so people. The bolsheviks won the Soviet elections and Lenin still staged a coup.
The American Constitution is an indirect democracy. Direct at the local level, indirect at the Federal level (though eventually by statute and amendment it became direct for Congress).
> As we saw in 2016, this check failed.
Nonsense. That "failure mode" was designed for. It has happened a few times. Working as expected.
The American Constitution is an indirect democracy. Direct at the local level, indirect at the Federal level (though eventually by statute and amendment it became direct for Congress).
> As we saw in 2016, this check failed.
Nonsense. That "failure mode" was designed for. It has happened a few times. Working as expected.