is it true that democracies don't go to war with e/o?

Question

is it really true that democracies have NEVER gone to war with another democratic government?

Answer 1

To some extent the UK was a democracy when the American Revolution took place. But generally, it is a dictatorship/autocracy (such as communism, yeah they vote but it's only a one party system) such as in both world wars, it generally is never the average person, the average voter, who wants to declare war on people in another country. Most of us would be content to be able to go about our lives, get a decent job, buy a house, settle down and raise a family, that's not so different between countries. It's the idiots who seek and take power that start wars for their own glory and profit, and it's easier for them to obtain power in non-democratic nations.

Answer 2

I don't know for sure, because I can't think of a true democracy in history. The USA is a republic, not a democracy.

Democracy literally means mob-rule. The citizens of the US elect (theoretically, but with electronic voting machines that have been proven to be easily hackable and leave no printed record, who knows) representatives from their districts to go to the governing capital of their state or Washington D.C. to do their will. If this were a true democracy, there would be elections on absolutely everything from national defense policy to the cost of pet licensing.

Answer 3

nope; the city states in Greece were democracies that were at war frequently