2007-03-12 05:50:55 · 5 answers · asked by Imperial American 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Democracy is a political model, where the people vote to make decisions. Germany is actually a democratic republic, like the US.
Communism is an economic model, where all property is owned by the government. In Germany, individuals and corporations are allowed to own property, but there are numerous social programs, which gives them roughly the same mix of socialism and capitolism as the US.
2007-03-12 05:57:10 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Democracy is a political system and communism is an economic system - they aren't mutually exclusive.
Germany is a democracy with a number of socialist/non-free market elements in its economic system. As it goes, they're not quite as restrictive as, say, France but more so than Britain.
2007-03-12 17:19:42 · answer #2 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have a clue. I can tell you that I believe that unbridled capitalism can very well lead to a type of communism. In the end corporate governance would resemble Soviet communism. Representative democracy defeated the Soviet Union, not capitalism.
2007-03-12 12:56:48 · answer #3 · answered by Crystal Blue Persuasion 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
West Germany or East Germany?
Oh yeah, they're one country now, there's no more Iron Curtain, half of Europe isn't run by puppets controlled by the USSR - the USSR doesn't even exist........
Thanks again, Ronaldus Magnus!
2007-03-12 12:55:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a socialistic democracy.
2007-03-15 21:00:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋