2007-11-28 08:59:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
(hint: Constitutional Republic . . . the reason politicians refer to it as a democracy is because they run the INCORPORATED government, which runs as a democracy in the phoney capitol of D.C., not the seat of our republic which was Philadelphia)
2007-11-28 10:58:18 · update #1
Fragin has it wrong see the comment above.
The problems internationally is that the US has taken on apon it's self to "impose" its philosophies on others. Usually though this doesn't involve democracy. The intervention is simply thinly veiled commercial self interests. America has subverted attacked discriminated against countries that don't agree with them . See New Zealand. Often supporting despotic regimes.
2007-11-28 09:25:51 · answer #1 · answered by Angry Ant 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The US is an Oligarchy, some say a "corporate republic" & only occasionally has had periods of Democractic rule. Some framers of the Constitution had in mind a "Constitutional Democratic Rebublic," while others did not trust the masses to run the country. The constitution was mainly to prevent any branch of government from siezing power. The swing to a powerful oligarchy may have began when Reagan was elected, but definately accellerated with the passage of NAFTA during the Clinton presidency.
One need only look at the electoral college to understand how little the framers of the constitution trusted the masses to make informed decisions. Because the internet tends to rapidly disperse information & cannot easily be controlled by powerful interest groups, we may be swinging back to a more democratic form of oligarchy.
2007-11-28 17:16:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We live in a Representative Democracy. That means that our government is based on the principles of Popluar Sovereignty with elected officials as our representatives for a designated period of time.
2007-11-28 17:21:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We live in a Democratic-Republic which means we elect the officials who rule.
2007-11-28 17:02:17 · answer #4 · answered by civil_av8r 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's supposed to be a Republic.
2007-11-28 17:08:21 · answer #5 · answered by zombi86 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The US has a republican democracy as the form of government.
2007-11-28 17:02:57 · answer #6 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
republic
2007-11-28 17:58:37 · answer #7 · answered by theinen76 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋