The imperfect democracy that the US has is our only avenue for addressing the injustices and threats we now face. With Republicans dead-set on negating it, we must now defend it.

There are two kinds of criticism of American democracy: the kind that accepts democracy in principle, and the kind that rejects it. We are all aware of the flaws in the way the democratic system functions in the US, and of campaigns to fix them.

What is shocking is the existence of progressives who reject democracy in principle. What do they imagine as a better alternative?