America is a Democracy? Really?Dave Lindorff
However, over the years, America has gained the title as a democratic nation and the status quo of America being considered “the majority rule.” The present state of affairs of the American government proves to be incorrect because the United States is not a democracy. The United States ...
One thing I keep seeing all over the place during this government shutdown is how America’s “democracy” is at risk.Thomas Friedman penned a piecethe other day claiming this. Now, I don’t know if Friedman’s overall argument is right. It’s certainly alarming that our political parties...
Why Is the US a Democracy? Republican features of America The government of the United States has many features that highlight its status as a republic. Article I of the Consitution, which describes how the legislative branch of the government functions, lays it out pretty well: Citizens vote...
that America's dysfunctional political system is too ill to serve their interests. According to a Pew Center poll, 65 percent of Americans believe that the American democratic system needs major reforms, while 57 percent of respondents believe the United States is no longer a model of democracy....
Representative democracy has been broken for the past decade in places like Wisconsin, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Florida. When Republican lawmakers redistricted these states after the 2010 census, with the benefit of precise, granular voting data and the most sophisticated mappi...
Representative democracy (also known as indirect democracy) is a type of democracy that involves the citizens of a particular country voting on representatives who write and vote on laws in a legislative assembly. Representative democracy, in one form or another, is found in the vast majority of...
The United States of America is not a Democracy. It is a Constitutional Republic. “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, And to the Republic for which it stands: One Nation under God, indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for all."...
The process of modernization in the West was violent. It relied on colonialism, slavery, war, plunder, and domination. The same processes that made Europe and North America rich also contributed to the impoverishment of Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific. ...
Most importantly, what legal or legislative mechanisms should be created to prevent the democracy from becoming a victim of what one of America’sFounding Fathers,James Madison, called “the tyranny of the majority?” Finally, how likely is it that a majority of the people will continue to bel...