In market economies people have the right to choose their leaders because they believe that they represent them and they are working for their best fate. I do agree with that as members of parliament are elected by the majority of votes of their districts.
My question is do you care about you representative of your district more or do you care about your boss and superviosr ? Who controls your life - your income - your vacation - your career - you mental health ? Is it your supervisor or is it your member of parliament ? Did you choose your supervisor ? How come that CEOs of private companies are not chosen by the votes of the employees. How come that in every private company there isn't a union to represent the employees to defend their rights and to impose on management what the majority of the employees want ? It is a one man show CEO says this is the new company policy and everyone has to follow him and he was not chosen or elected. IS this democracy ?
2006-07-21 12:45:52 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Market economy has good points and bad points but its good points are more.
If CEO is elected by employees then you have to call it cooperative not private.
The good point about Market economy is that lets cooperatives companies and even governmental companies compete in the market but they don't have the flexibility of private companies usually.
The competition produces more improvement in policies, management and technology and whoever cannot compete, gets eliminated.
I know it doesn't look fare specially for employees but when the company and then the country makes more jobs and money everybody enjoy it more or less, but if economy goes down because of lack of competition or costs of too much social services, there won't be any job or money to distribute between people and other countries win the competition against us
2006-07-21 13:00:06 · answer #1 · answered by albandazole 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as the United States is concerned no, it's not a democracy. Seriously, it's a Representative Constitutional Republic. We elect people to go vote for us. That's right, THEY WORK FOR US. So if we are not happy with them, we can fire them.... with our votes. But people like Ted Kennedy have been in that seat for so long that they have forgotten they work for us. (Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment).
Now as for your corporations, they are PRIVATELY owned. So no, the employees do not get to vote for the CEO. The choosing of the CEO is determined in various ways. Now, if you buy a bunch of stock in your company, then you may get a vote. Again, that all depends on HOW that company works.
Start your own company, YOU'LL be the CEO.
Good Luck.
2006-07-21 20:15:00 · answer #2 · answered by smutulator 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i get a kick out of it when cheney /bush says ,"..spread democracy.." spread it from where??? usa ain't no democracy, its a "constitutional republic" which is controlled by 2 parties who give the "peons" a choice of 2 hand picked candidates to choose from in order to give the allusion of "democracy".. its a joke.. we dont even get to vote on their pay raises, pensions, health care plans and golden parachutes... "a government by the people , for the people..." i think not !
oh but to answer your question, because private companies are just that , "private".. start your own company and see if you let your employees run it....i have a small business.. and it is NOT a democracy.. it is a "kingdom" and i am king!.. i really think you got everything backwards... where we Should have democracy, voting on major issues such as going to war, pollution control, oil subsidies we dont but in private buissness where the owner of the compeny should have the last say.. you want socialisim... well thats ok too... but not when i put up the time , money and risk to start the buissness....then it is mine , all mine! you'll feel the same way when you start your own small buissness , and you should... its the only investment and part of your life you'll ever have complete control of .
2006-07-22 11:12:16 · answer #3 · answered by ong jon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's easy. If you don't like your company's management, you can quit. But it's much more difficult to stop being a citizen of the UK, the US, or whatever. A company is NOT a democracy: it is a creation that attempts to marshal resources to deliver to its customers, in a manner which permits employees to be paid what they are worth. (Pay them too much, you go broke; pay too little, they'll quit.)
2006-07-21 19:52:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do I call the US a democracy? Nope and neither does anyone else familiar with how the US government works.
The US is not a democracy. It has certain democratic principles like elections but is in no way a democracy.
2006-07-21 19:50:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually I call this a republic. We elect representatives to create our laws.
If this was a democracy, every person would vote on every decision. Would be a little tiring, don't you think?
2006-07-21 19:52:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a way you do choose your boss, you can work there or not work there, and most CEO are elected by the stock holders.
2006-07-21 19:54:31 · answer #7 · answered by mahs89 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually we are not now and never have been a Democracy we are a Federal Republic. Read up on our country it is very interesting.
2006-07-21 19:54:24 · answer #8 · answered by ellieannah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not really, cuz it just represents one. the government is suposed to help the people who create and suport and maintain it. then why do polititions do what they believe, not what the people believe, and why dont they listen to us, and vote on major topics and decisions like the war in iraq, and stuff like oil, and standards of living.
2006-07-21 19:51:14 · answer #9 · answered by bobathan229101 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True democracy when people must vote and vote directly
2006-07-21 19:58:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋