The USA has existed now for 230 years. Aside from it meaning we are above average, does it also mean we are getting closer to ending as a democracy?
2006-09-12 00:49:29 · 13 answers · asked by El Pistolero Negra 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Also, how much longer do you think we have?
2006-09-12 00:50:23 · update #1
I got the stat from an Irish Historian.
2006-09-12 01:01:47 · update #2
Who's history books have you gotten that from? our form of dimocracy (yes there are different varieties of democracy) and the way our government is - has never been anywhere else in time. Why is everyone looking for doom & gloom. Be happy
2006-09-12 01:00:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
"According to history the average length of time a democracy will exist is 200 years"...? Whose history? That really makes no sense at all...
The Iroquois Nation has been practicing a form of democracy that gave women a voice in their "government" and the right to own property WELL before this country was formed. In fact, they did not really own slaves since what they had were captive enemies that they would later grant freedome and if those freed individuals wished could assimilate into the tribal societies, and would have an equal voice in tribal matters. Unlike the the so-called "democracy" of ancient Greece where not everyone enjoyed the so-called "democratic" rights or could vote. So... there's goes that theory!
2006-09-12 01:11:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There has been only one "real" democracy, early Greece. You can't make a statistic out of that. (You can argue that early human tribes were democratic, but we have no evidence to show that. "Modern" tribes tend to be autocratic or oligarchic.)
The US is not a democracy, but a republic (representational, not direct voting). Some kingdoms, like Great Britain, evolved into republics from kingdoms, with only vestiges of royal rule left. England has existed a lot longer than 250 years.
The US is close to becoming an empire ruled by the Presidency, an oligarchy, because Congress has given up its rights and duties to the presidency. Unless the people slap down this empirical presidency in November and then 2008, there is a real chance that the rich will no longer allow the poor or middle class to have a say in how this country is run.
2006-09-12 01:26:05 · answer #3 · answered by thylawyer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With spending and the printing of money literally off the charts the last 10 years, I am not sure how much longer e will last as a country. People are too compacent and believe that everything will continue as it has for 23 decades. I am not sure why our politicians and most Americans think that our deficit spending can continue without some dire consequences. As we continue to spend and put ourselves into a bigger and bigger hole, the ability to climb out of it will be more and more difficult. We aeamay be past the point of no return and just don t know it yet. People don t realize how close we came to a complete economic meltdown in lat2008 and early 2009. Now that we have put a few bandaids and gotten our crippled economy to walk again does not mean it will not collapse completely.
2015-08-08 01:29:07 · answer #4 · answered by Robert 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The French managed, kind of, for longer. And look at Iceland, a democracy for 800 years...
May be the USA should try it , too?
2006-09-12 00:56:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The USA is unique to history. I don't think you can compare it to any other democratic country that existed in the past. The ideal that binds us together as a nation could last forever. You can look at the USA, a multi-cultural, multi-racial country, that lives in peace within its own borders, as an example that the world may one day live in peace as well.
2006-09-12 01:03:05 · answer #6 · answered by Overt Operative 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Where do you get your figures?
Got links?
I searched...democracies prior to United States...first two pages of results ...I see nothing.
Have there been a lot of democracies prior to the UNITED STATES?
2006-09-12 00:58:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know.
It worries me that the Democrats are rather flippant about the terrorists that want to kill us.
Maybe if the Democrats get back in power, they will start acting like Americans.
But I doubt it.
2006-09-12 00:56:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's 250 years.
Sometimes I do worry that we don't have the will to defend ourselves that we used to. We're all too comfortable! The world is still a dangerous place.
2006-09-12 00:52:25 · answer #9 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the remarks I've heard here lately we could be over run at any minute. I can see why they don't exist long. People don't have any balls anymore.
2006-09-12 00:57:20 · answer #10 · answered by Stand 4 somthing Please! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋