Obviously the US dosn't count since we are a republic and not a democracy. I would be interested in knowing if there is a government that is a democracy and does it work any better than a republic?
2007-01-17 07:19:03 · 7 answers · asked by Question Girl 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
if there is one I haven't heard of it.
P.S. Mojo.. we are a democratic republic by definition.. not a true democracy... that's why in the pledge of allegiance it say "And to the Republic, for which it stands"
2007-01-17 07:23:13 · answer #1 · answered by pip 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In a "true" democracy the will of the majority always prevails. Taking the argument to absurdity, but still valid, means 51% of the people could vote to, for instance, arrest all people with blue eyes.
We are a Constitutional Republic. A government run by democratically elected (usually but not in all cases) representatives who are still restrained to only exercising those powers explicitly granted to it by the will of the people as defined by the Constitution.
An actual democracy could only exist until the people realize that they can vote themselves bread and circuses until they bleed the last body dry.
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. -- Thomas Jefferson
2007-01-17 19:17:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but you're dead wrong. America is a democracy, and one of the greatest in the world, Libby.
Definition of Democracy...
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.
2007-01-17 15:29:01 · answer #3 · answered by mojojo66 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No - there is not a true democracy in any nation in the world at this time. The logistics of trying to get a vote on every single issue that ever came up to a vote would bog down the system and render it useless. Representative democracies such as the US are about the best option open to us.
2007-01-17 15:28:55 · answer #4 · answered by Punkie'sDad 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the only way that would happen is if the people in a town got together once a week or month and voted. on the important issues. the tiny, insignificant issues (like what coler the wall along the border should be painted) would be voted on by a senate. after each voting, all the towns ballots would be collected and counted. with computers, this would be relatively easy. we could even vote online if we wanted to. anyone who doesnt vote doesnt matter, its thier choise. free country.
2007-01-17 15:25:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't know if it still is, but Greece was back in the day. If we were a democracy we would never not be voting on something.
2007-01-17 15:24:11 · answer #6 · answered by DOOM 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
there probably are... but what do you think this site is??? a site for answers??? no one (minus a few) know anything... they're just here for the fun of it... whatever that could be...
2007-01-17 15:26:59 · answer #7 · answered by antidisestablishmentarianism 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋