In the U.S. election dates are fixed much more so than in parliamentary systems. Widespread censorship of obvious and widespread mistakes c. Globalization of media technology and increasing literacy reduce the totalitarian state's control over public opinion 6. Public opinion and the media in authoritarian political systems a.
Interest groups are especially prevalent in the U.S. b.
A pluralistic society is good because factions are likely to break up into small groups incapable of becoming a tyrannous majority c.