Is the usa really a democrasy

[Induhvidual_1]

errh the USA is a democracy... its just that its not a pure democracy... its a representative democracy, where leaders are elected into office and then vote for us.

on the other hand, pure democracies did exist at least in the colonial times where people had town meetings where everyone would gather up in a town center and discuss and make decisions. that would be impossible today thanks to population size... you cant get the whole of the united states to get together and decide something, thats ridiculous.

 

[irdamage]

Figure it this way, Colen Powels son, Micheale powel, is chairman of the FCC who control most of the media in the United States, now is it really a democracy when that kind of propeganda can be fed to u by a family member of a perticular politician?

 

[Sogeking]

how much do you know about the fcc? well, if they were doing what you propose they are, then john rather would have never posted that totally bogus article on the president.

 

[Gedrin]

I have just one question. Why can't a rational human being change their mind on an issue especially after they have learned more about it?

People who refuse to change their mind regardless of the information at hand are simple minded, and you don't want a simpleminded president do you?

 

[Aragorn7]

* Okay, so Bush has the CIA present false information to the public, is that what you're saying? In that case, how did Bush get British and Russian intelligence to go along with his little scheme?

* There is absoultely zero chance that there were any WMDs simply because we haven't found any yet? Sure, we've found old ones which he was supposed to have destroyed (and he hadn't, even though he was given 10 years to do it), and it's been confirmed that Saddam was seeking to purchase uranium from Africa, but that isn't enough, you want the stockpiles. You know, WMDs weren't the only reason we went into Iraq.

* Maybe they could have gotten their job done quicker if Saddam hadn't severely restricted where they could look. Who gives a shit if you have weapons inspectors in Iraq if they can't even look everywhere?

* So be it. Saddam was in violation of 17(?) UN resolutions, and I believe he broke the cease-fire agreement a couple times. If the UN won't enforce it's own resolutions, someone else has to. If no one does, it's just the League of Nations all over again.

* You have proof of this, correct? Please, enlighten me.

* Of course not. He was elected before September 11th, and, when something big like that happens, it requires you to formulate a whole new battle plan.

Well put. You pretty much hit that on the dot...anyways....

Direct democracy still exists and one example would be city voting. Here in Minnesota (not sure if it is everywhere), there are some things that can be voted on directly by the people of individual cities. Last year there were several different proposals to reduce the budget (for our city specifically), and the people voted on them. The one that passed was used to reduce the budget. This is really the only thing that still happens nowadays (in the US) that can be considered a Direct Democracy.