by Bruce A. Dixon from Black Agenda Report.
The author discusses the uses and misuses of political terms, especially "democracy" or "democratic" in the writings of various authors to determine whether they are mere propaganda products or honest essays. In most US communications the word meanings range from little more than a buzz word that means to suggest warm, fuzzy feelings about the American Way of Life to that of simply the holding of elections regardless of how corrupt the selection of candidates might be.