and the President talks about spreading democracy throughout the Middle East, yet we are a republic, not a democracy? Shouldn't we be spreading republics if we think its so great? Er, and shouldn't we all be republicans?
2006-12-20 01:57:30 · 5 answers · asked by Captain America 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
You are exactly right. We are not a democracy, but a federated republic. . .the federated part quickly losing steam. With technology today it is entirely feasible to once again have a true democracy. The idea of the founding fathers was to protect the government overall from the day to day whims of the people. Lets not forget that in our original "democracy" only white male landowners were allowed a say at all. When populist movements became too large they were crushed (Shay's rebellion; pullman; kent state). Is it perfect? No. Do I have a better idea? No. Can we make it better? I hope so.
We are all republicans. We are just not all Republicans (thank God.)
Happy holidays to all and lets hope that 2007 is better than 2006; especially for our soldiers in Iraq.
2006-12-20 02:12:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the US is a representative democracy, as democracy is defined in such a way that everyone's vote is the same value.
This clearly is not the case in presidential elections, and I'm not really sure of the other elections either.
2006-12-20 10:05:48 · answer #2 · answered by dane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Democracy=Mob rule
2006-12-20 10:19:34 · answer #3 · answered by kingstubborn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are classified as a Democracy because we also get to vote on proposals as well.
2006-12-20 10:01:43 · answer #4 · answered by MrCool1978 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Based on how the Bush Administration has operated, we should be classified as a Fascist near-dictatorship.
2006-12-20 10:29:51 · answer #5 · answered by Yahoo Will Never Silence Me 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋