2006-07-27 12:50:28 · 9 answers · asked by macky_rj 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
A true democracy has NEVER existed. A true democracy everyone from childhood to death, free and convict get a say in EVERY issue. This doesn't even work in civic organization such as 4-H where there is still a governing council to make the mondane decisions that the average person just doesn't care about.
Then you have to factor in there are issues that society as a whole can't know about because those who are enemies would exploit the information.
By the way we are a Federal Republic. A Federal Republic is a system with divided and diffused power. Each level has their own power and own responsibility
2006-07-27 20:27:20 · answer #1 · answered by .45 Peacemaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as an 'ideal', it's getting a little beaten up. but the idea that the worlds established democracies are 'growing cold' is rediculous. next time you ask a question like this explain a little more background! if nuclear weapons go off and the world goes modtly uninhabitable, then democratic governments may move down autocratic paths, who can say. are you really suggesting that we all begin to think about those possible futures vis-a-vis the current US administrations failures?
2006-07-27 20:04:23 · answer #2 · answered by emptiedfull 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who said Democracy was ever alive? I mean true democracy is non-existent, that is no way to rule a sovereign country. You cant make everyone happy, that is why America is a Republic.
2006-07-27 19:54:10 · answer #3 · answered by Samuel_311_fan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parts of the world is.
2006-07-27 19:53:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush is spreading his own brand of "democracy"
Fascism mixed in with ethnic cleansing, that is what Bush considers Democracy to be
2006-07-27 19:53:48 · answer #5 · answered by Pres. Chimp 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's being burned at the stake and broken on the wheel daily but it's still barely alive.
2006-07-27 19:53:49 · answer #6 · answered by elitetrooper459 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some countries it dead but not in ours.
2006-07-27 19:55:54 · answer #7 · answered by red sun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, just in America.
2006-07-27 19:54:59 · answer #8 · answered by violent_bass 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If not, it's limping along badly.
2006-07-27 19:51:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋