On Tue, 21 May 2013 14:45:46 +0200 (CEST) [email protected] wrote: > I wouldn't go so far as to say that the U.S. is not a democracy. "Democracy" > is a very vague term: it means that everyone has a say in decisions that > affect them. It's not as good as it should be, but people in the U.S. do have > > a say, mostly via local elections (which are far more likely to have an > impact than e.g. presidential elections). The problem is that most Americans > don't know or think about these far more important elections and instead > focus on the President, who in the grand scheme of things doesn't matter that > > much. Then you have people focusing on preventing one party or the other from > > winning because they think disaster will come if it is chosen, when what they > > should be doing is voting for which politician they most agree with > (regardless of whether or not that politician has a chance of winning) to > show the major parties what the people want. > > It is unfortunate that rich people and corporations have so much influence. > But it's still a democracy, not a totalitarian regime.
Look at wikipedia, democracy, the first meaning of democracy is direct democracy. And sorry folks, but no country has a correct democracy - like athenian democracy, around 550BC. What we have is multiple representative democracies, not more. -- "Un homme de coeur, un homme pleinement homme ne cherche pas a survivre aux dépens de son humanité. Au besoin il donne sa vie pour préserver son humanité."- Confucius.
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