Switzerland has a direct democratic government. Citizens can accept or reject decisions made by the legislative body. This kind of democracy is suitable for small states with few people. Suppose you decide to form a club. You and the other members decide that each one of you will vote on ma...
No. Does it mean Americans all have the same opinion on the continuance of slavery in American Prison’s? No. The Constitution is a symbol of American law, values, and ethics just as the Sharia is a symbol of Islam’s laws, values, and ethics. For a more comprehensive discu...
Deneen, unfortunately, basically passes over the whole range of historical and philosophical arguments dealing with populist or participatory democracy. He does acknowledge that “progressive liberals” have, over the past 100 years, taken many steps which have enabled “more direct forms of democratic ...
“In Norway, we think it’s democratic that everyone can have the same opportunities and move out of being poor. Social differences are something Norway does not accept.” I traveled to Norway in April, disillusioned after nine years of reporting on child care in the U.S., where parents o...
America is not a democracy. I think if your kids understood that - and most people don't. We are a representative republic. We're not a direct democracy. —Rush Limbaugh 10 After many unhappy experiments in the direction of an ideal Republic, it was found that what may be described as...
mean lives as hunter gatherers through the mainly freezing periods of the last 2.8 Million years of ice ages we evolved within (but living much closer to the Equator, where most people still live, between the Equator and 40 deg North, probably for this historic reason, and the fact we are...
@Javelin; Just because someone doesn’t like the actions of others, that are not against the current law, does not make those actions woke nor illegal – of course future actions can be made illegal but remember, what is good for the Goose is also good the the Gander! At this time, ...
had beset the United States, and America thus found itself at its lowest point of self-esteem. And at the time, the Berlin Wall was still very much intact, so this particular contest represented a playing out of “The Cold War on Ice”, or in other words, “communism versus democracy”...
Does it mean that we should all be a bit more German? Not exactly. Keep in mind, this is a country that continues to struggle with the concept of customer service and insists on ruining the look of a perfectly good pair of sandals by wearing socks. But a value system that includes...
to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be...