06th Jan 2009

What is the definition of "Democracy"?is it world wide or the U.S/Europe definition ?

  • i like to know theoretical and practical concepts of Democracy and if west is doing as honestly as claims.


  • According to Abraham Lincoln Democracy is the government of for the people, by the people and of the people.


  • The simplest definition
    Democracy
    Two wolves and a sheep discussing whats for dinner

    This is why we are not a democracy and the framers never claimed it to be
    We are a Constitutional Republic


  • The original meaning was "the rule of the people". In a small group, this works, but in a larger setting, it doesn't. There is also "Representative Democracy", where the people elect people to represent their opinions in government.

    What does the U.S. have? We have a Republic. We do not have a Democracy of any form. One one branch of our government is elected by the people to be the people's voice: Congress. The President/Vice President is elected by the States (who select their votes by the people, but this is not required), and the Judicial branch is appointed.

    As for Europe, they have many different countries, and many different forms of government. Some are Republics, some Representative Democracies, some Monarchies, Theocracies, Socialist, and many other forms of government.


  • The basic, foundational component of "democracy" is "one-person-one-vote." (That saying used to be "one-man-one-vote" but that was considered "sexist." The term man does NOT always refer to gender.)

    Each "person" casts a vote and the party / group / cantidate with the most gets elected . . . . well . . . . sort of.

    Many Americans are still "fuzzy" on the fact that our constitution does NOT elect by the "most-popular-votes-wins." Each state has electoral votes, based on state population. The president is the cantidate who wins the needed number of electoral votes. It is theoretically possible to have more total votes, and still LOSE the election.

    The truth is -- those ARE the rules. Now, we can, at any time change that to a simple "most-votes-wins" but that means an ammendment to the US Constitution. That is not a simple or quick process.

    The last tiem we changed the US constitution was to allow 18 year olds the right to vote. . . . . which was a train-wreck. We did that because 18 year olds were getting drafted to kill people and the logic was, "If they are old enough to kill people, . . . they should be able to vote for who is sending them to kill people."

    Today, we live in a country where most 18 year olds are not "responsible" to buy beer, . . . but they can vote for who sits in the Oval Office. What a disaster. Oh well .. . . even countries make mistakes.

    Anyway, back to democracy . . . one-person-one-vote. That works best in countries where there are REAL multi-party system. They held elections in the USSR and in Communist China, . . . of course both cantidates were communists who were going to continue to enslave the populace. Here, anyone can run in the primaries, and anyone had a chance. Ralph Nader has run more than once. Ross Perot ran. In America, 3rd party cantidates are generally considered "spoilers" who screw up the choice between the two (major) parties. Nader probably cost Al Gore the presidency.

    Dan in Miami next_phase@yahoo.com








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