The USA is not a functioning democracy
Thank goodness too! We are a Constitutional Republic. A pure democracy only works when the majority is moral.
Thank goodness too! We are a Constitutional Republic. A pure democracy only works when the majority is moral.
""" noun
- a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
- a state governed by a democracy.
- control of an organization or group by the majority of its members. """
The term you're thinking of is "direct democracy".
Google's definition in this case isn't out of sync with common usage or with any other dictionary that I'm aware of. Think for a second about point you're trying to make exactly, because it sounds to me like a vague soup of paranoid anti-corporate gibberish.
We occasionally have instances of pure democracy through referendums.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1...
To bad people have become political cheerleaders that care more about their party and ego then the country or holding their own party accountable.
Republican and Democrat political cheerleaders is a big reason we have lost our gov't along with people being to stupid to focus on the REAL issue versus distractions such as healthcare,welfare ,taxes,racism,sexism,sexuality,religion,heck even net neutrality.
The only issue we should be talking about is 1. term limits in congress. 2. Closing revolving doors. 3. Reforming lobbying 4. Reforming fund raising. 5. Real transparency.
you cant expect a bunch of people with conflict of interest to do the right thing for anyone but themselves.
That's not to say the GP was a good comment, but responding by making the thread more toxic is exactly the wrong thing to do.