I DISAGREE with John Stremlau that "Trump’s campaign has been a terrible advertisement for deliberative democracy" (US circus is a terrible advertisement for democracy, May 10).Donald Trump’s popularity is an indictment of US democracy, which represents a bipartisan oligarchy.President Barack Obama came to power preaching hope and change. After seven years in power, we know now it was more a salesman’s pitch than a substantive programme.Hillary Clinton is no better since she has not encountered a war proposal she has not effusively endorsed. Her dalliance with Goldman Sachs ensures that corporate control of politicians will continue if, heaven forbid, she occupies the White House. Trump’s phenomenal rise and popularity, especially among working classes, is more a vote of no confidence against the wealthy 1% that control the US.In essence, US voters have a simple choice to make in the November elections: choose a pragmatist in Donald Trump, or an ideologue in Hillary Clinton. Their d...
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