2007-01-09 02:50:00 · 16 answers · asked by Stef 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
A Democracy is a form of government in which the people rule the government. Unlike what most people believe the United States is not a Democracy. If it was we the people would vote on every issue. The U.S. is actually a Republc. In a republic representatives are elected in a democratic process and the reprsentatives actually run the country. That is the difference between a Democracy and a Republic.
2007-01-09 02:59:48 · answer #1 · answered by Illinois-Lawyer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Democracy
Democracy (disambiguation).
Democracy (literally "rule by the people", from the Greek δημοκÏαÏία-demokratia demos, "people," and kratos, "rule") is a form of government by the will of the people. Today, the term democracy is often used to refer to liberal democracy,[1] but there are many other varieties and the methods used to govern differ. While the term democracy is typically used in the context of a political state, the principles are also applicable to other bodies, such as universities, labor unions, public companies, or civic organizations, as well as dictatorships in disguise of democracies.
2007-01-09 10:53:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Democracy is a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them. Majority rule is one of the fundamental aspects of democracy: that the majority of the representatives can make decisions binding on the whole group.
2007-01-09 10:54:33 · answer #3 · answered by MM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
A political or social unit that has such a government.
The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.
Majority rule.
The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.
2007-01-09 10:54:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
literally, "rule of the people" or "rule by the people" -- typically democracies are instituted in republic fashion, ie: government by representation in an assembly. the first true democracies were implemented in ancient greece.
2007-01-09 10:58:51 · answer #5 · answered by Super G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a democracy is ruled by the people//many people
however a communist country/ or dictatorship is ruled by one or a small group of ppl
2007-01-09 10:57:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A failed government where uneducated, easily manipulated, ignorant populace which is easily herded into a majority of barely 50 percent can control the life, health and welfare of those who are not as easily herded.
Basically, it is a joke. Leave the government to the pros and not the scab labor.
2007-01-09 10:54:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Supposedly it's freedom to choose who runs the important areas of our governing system ,but it's really all just smoke and mirrors, an illusion created by those in power to keep the masses happy.
2007-01-09 10:54:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a Nation where the Government is of the people, by the people, and for the people. A place like.... France.
2007-01-09 10:52:58 · answer #9 · answered by James M 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Where people vote on government policy or elected representatives vote on government policy.
2007-01-09 10:53:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋