2006-10-07 07:57:03 · 14 answers · asked by pink poodle 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Let see if you remember what the "Pledge of Allegiance" says.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.
Which means we never were a democracy but a republic which is a union of states united in a common good or goal.
Now there are rights and responsibilities as citizens of this great nation. So why do people gripe about what they perceive as our rights "being taken away" when they are not willing to fulfill their responsibilities? IE voting and military service as 2 of many responsibilities as described in the Constitution.
So no I don't agree with you. Thanks for letting me share my point of view as I understand the Constitution of the United States of America
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2006-10-07 08:47:40 · answer #1 · answered by pj_gal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to enlighten you to the fact that United States was NEVER a democracy, it's a Democratic Republic.
2006-10-07 08:08:08 · answer #2 · answered by chris 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had been increasingly satisfied that the firms are represented in government plenty extra that the electorate are. If I would be dictator for a month, I could placed the severest bans on lobbying, almost outlaw it. Public financing, and most effective public financing of campaigns, could be essential. I could additionally return to a consultant republic, to an quantity, and not more of an immediate democracy. Greshnab makes a well factor above. My favourite resolution: Limit the franchise. I would not ban the uninformed from vote casting, however could restrict their vigour. People who could not move a civics and present affairs scan could most effective be equipped to vote for a neighborhood consultant (could rep a one hundred persons or so), who could vote within the predominant election. There are a quantity of versions in this, however I'll begin to ramble presently of night time.
2016-08-29 06:29:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually I live in one of the best democracies in the world, a direct democracy, Switzerland.
2006-10-07 08:06:10 · answer #4 · answered by Hans B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I assume this is an anti-authoritan rant. But in a true democracy, voters decide every issue, while in a Federalist Republic, like the US, voters select representatives who, in turn, decide individual issues.
2006-10-07 08:07:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I will enlighten you to the fact that United States of America is NOT a Democracy, but a Representative REPUBLIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I do not agree!!!!!
2006-10-07 08:01:36 · answer #6 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You know why we no longer live in a democracy?, we never did.
2006-10-07 08:06:25 · answer #7 · answered by festus_porkchop 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-07 08:06:30 · answer #8 · answered by wildraft1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, technically it is a representative democracy, so yes, to that extent I could agree.
2006-10-07 08:02:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is correct. Bush and other presidents are elected ONLY by THIS secret and evil group that's been in control for far too long!...
http://www.rense.com/general58/suspre.htm
2006-10-07 08:25:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋