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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 06:24 AM EDT |
| But /is/ the USA /a/ democracy? [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 07:19 AM EDT |
The US is not a democracy. It is a republic (read the
US Pledge of Allegiance.) The US uses a democratic process
to elect representatives and some of its leaders. The
elected representatives (Congress as well as state level
legislative bodies) make the laws. The only control
citizens have over the law making bodies is via the
election process.
Problem #1:
However, because the majority of the main-stream media
is owned by such a minimal few, and the PR machines so
powerful, few citizens are rarely able of receiving
meaningful information as far as who best to vote for.
Problem #2:
We claim to have a two party system, but as anyone can tell
the individuals that get "promoted" by the two parties to
become candidates all seem to come from the same swamp.
So, voting for some candidate usually ends up really being
a vote against the other guy, i.e. vote for the least slimy.
Problem #3:
Not all elections for all the national candidates happen
at the same time. So when the new are elected, they end
up getting "indoctrinated" by the rest of their group.
Thus any new blood quickly becomes overwhelmed by the bad
blood.
As far as I see it, there is no solution. Eventually the
US will die because it does not have the will power to heal
itself from within. The citizens surely will not revolt
because they have too much to lose: homes, iphones, large
flat-screen TVs, computers, apple pie, beer and baseball.
Also, the government has done eveything in its power, and
then some, to make sure a revolt cannot happen and would
not succeed it it did.
I'm sure others could add more.
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- The people aren't foolish, the laws are. - Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 12:03 PM EDT
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 07:22 AM EDT |
<< The laws are decided by the people in a democracy. >>
No they are not. Tell me, when was the last time you as a
taxpayer got vote on a law?
The way this two party system is set up huge portions of the
population end up NOT being represented, many Americans don't
even begin to understand what an electoral college is or how
it works. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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