Democracy

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A direct democratic system is a system in which votes are directly counted by the people and action is taken according to such. This method is mostly found only in small countries and communities, for two reasons. First, people can take a while to decide on particular courses of action, and it takes time to count all the votes.
 
A direct democratic system is a system in which votes are directly counted by the people and action is taken according to such. This method is mostly found only in small countries and communities, for two reasons. First, people can take a while to decide on particular courses of action, and it takes time to count all the votes.
  
==Representative democracy
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This sort of democracy has been continuously practiced in some Swiss cantons, in the form of a meeting called the ''Landsgemeinde'', since medieval times.
A representative democracy, such as the United States (also referred to as a "democratic republic") is a system in which people choose and authorize representatives to make decisions for them. The Parlimentary system is a version of representative democracy. Some countries have claimed to create new kinds of democracy, including "direct democracy" or "people's democracy."  Often times, this has turned into ochlocracy or despotism.  
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==Representative democracy==
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A representative democracy, such as the United States (also referred to as a "democratic republic") is a system in which people choose and authorize representatives to make decisions for them. The parlimentary system is a version of representative democracy. Some countries have claimed to create new kinds of democracy, including "direct democracy" or "[[Communism|people's democracy]]."  Most of the time, the leaders of these countries are slimeballs who are trying to pull the wool over people's eyes, and their countries are actually totalitarian states.  
  
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==

Revision as of 07:26, 8 February 2009

(If you arrived here from a page about US politics you may need to see Democratic Party)

Democracy is an old Greek word meaning "rule by the people." Aristotle considered it the third best form of government (after aristocracy and monarchy), but also warned that when corrupted, it resulted in only the third-worst form, ochlocracy. (The worst two were oligarchy and tyranny.)

Direct democracy

A direct democratic system is a system in which votes are directly counted by the people and action is taken according to such. This method is mostly found only in small countries and communities, for two reasons. First, people can take a while to decide on particular courses of action, and it takes time to count all the votes.

This sort of democracy has been continuously practiced in some Swiss cantons, in the form of a meeting called the Landsgemeinde, since medieval times.

Representative democracy

A representative democracy, such as the United States (also referred to as a "democratic republic") is a system in which people choose and authorize representatives to make decisions for them. The parlimentary system is a version of representative democracy. Some countries have claimed to create new kinds of democracy, including "direct democracy" or "people's democracy." Most of the time, the leaders of these countries are slimeballs who are trying to pull the wool over people's eyes, and their countries are actually totalitarian states.

Quotes

  • Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried - Winston Churchill (or something close to that).
  • "I've said it before and I'll say it again; democracy just doesn't work." - Kent Brockman
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