A joke that involves freedoms and "choice". In reality you have no power, it allows gerrymandering, if the two conspires (Republican+Democrat, due to first pass the post, shit system BTW), you have no choice in reality.
The true form of Democracy that the United States and many other countries are living under. A form of government where people elect other people who they believe represent their ideals and will make laws that will reflect the will of the people. Often just called Democracy wrongly where in a democracy all the people in a country would vote on all laws which is very rare.
A representative democracy where representatives are chosen not by the people but by the networks that fund, nominate, and protect them. Constituents get a voice, but the real conversations happen in back rooms where representatives and donors trade favors. Legislative sessions become theater while actual decisions are made in private meetings. The representative is supposed to represent the people, but in crony representative democracy, they represent the networks that put them there.
Example: "The congressman held town halls, answered letters, and voted the way his donors told him to. Crony representative democracy: representation for the public, loyalty for the cronies."
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.