We're almost straying away from democracy, my global teacher says, we are more of a representative republic
we've been a representative republic for more than 200 years, you know. the founding fathers understood my statement: "democracy. at best, it's only as good as the people it represents." they decided to remove the direct control of the people, instead opting for a variant of the parliamentary system (with a separation of the executive and legislative branch), where people vote for the people who vote for stuff.
hen Rome fell, things like "bread and stadiums" kept the people delightfully uncaring about those that were effected by it's being
quite. there's an old saying to the effect of "when the people get bored, they turn to politics." the best way to ensure tyranny is a good media.
As Americans we think nothing of going into wars, overthrowing democratically elected officials in places that to us simply don't exist.
a good point, we've done some rather nasty things, often in the name of spreading democracy. which is damned ironic if you ask me. however:
And I don't blame Islamists for trying to kill Americans
i do. at least here in the us.
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