Our country has become a...

[SHRED]

...fascist, militaristic, imperialistic oligarchy that masquerades as a democracy.

Did I leave anything out?

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. Theocracy

[lpbk2713]

2. Corporate welfare state.

Lots of Fortune 500 corps pay no taxes.

[former9thward]

3. a fascist, militaristic, imperialistic oligarchy

that allows you to post those words about it without negative results. I think it needs to work on the fascism stuff a little harder if it wants to met your definition...

[GeorgeGist]

4. Capitalist pawn.

[MineralMan]

5. Multi-cultural, multi-lingual, multi-racial democratic republic.

It's become many things. It remains the United States of America, where you are able to call it any names you wish with complete impunity. That argues against your statement.

[truebluegreen]

6. So you are still prepared to call it a democratic republic

even though the public's wishes are not respected in policy decisions and haven't been for decades?

I guess you can call an apple a kumquat too; it's a "free" country.

[MineralMan]

7. If the public votes, their wishes are known.

If they do not, they should not expect their wishes to be honored. Most people do not vote, so I do not know their wishes. Neither do you.

That's why I do GOTV activism. That's why I will continue to do that. You will do as you choose to do.

[truebluegreen]

11. And not respected.

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746

[HereSince1628]

8. Wait, wait! You think it's actually masquerading??????????

Bless you and your innocence.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. A paranoid control freak with delusions of grandeur.

[hifiguy]

10. Not to mention a vast, open-air

lunatic asylum.

ETA: "The illusion of freedom [in America] will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater." - Frank Zappa

[truebluegreen]

12. An armed madhouse.