America is not a democracy, the ones who run the country (from president, to congressmen, to local judges got elected by raising money from big corporations).
The ones who make the laws, are to serve lobbying groups and not the people. The rest, I don't know, I never vote. Amen Joe ________________________________ De : kangaroo <[email protected]> À : Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org <[email protected]> Envoyé le : Lundi 20 février 2012 9h31 Objet : Re: United States of America Can I ask you what is DEMOCRACY in you opinion? On Feb 15, 10:15 am, Savun <[email protected]> wrote: > Again, the United States of America is NOT Democracy country. The United > States of America is the Federal Constitutional Republic and Capitalist > Economic system. > > None of U.S and the 50 state’s constitution stated anywhere a word > Democracy. The founding father know well about Democracy: The word > Democracy therefore means the rule of the people – majority rule. This of > course sounds good, but suppose the majority decides to take away someone’s > home or business or children. Obviously there has to be a limit. The flaw in > democracy is that the majority rule unrestrained. If more than have the > people can be persuaded to want something in a democracy they rule. > > > Republic: > What about republic? Well that comes from the Latin: res meaning thing, and > publica meaning public. It means the public thing – the law. A true republic > is where government is limited by law leaving the people alone. The founding > fathers knew history and they chose to give United States of America the rule > of law in a republic, not the rule of a majority in a democracy. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org
