Amigo
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Simple question....
Where's the poll?
The US was founded as a Limited Republic. That is, a Republic where a limited selection of the population was allowed to be involved in the political process. Where the US has gone most wrong is by overly expanding the selection of the population that is allowed to be involved in politics.
A limited government, as the founders intended. I'm waiting for those who ignorantly think we are a democracy.
It was founded as an oligarchy, because only about 5-15% of the people living within the United States were eligible to vote at the time the Constitution was ratified. Since then, it has evolved into a representative republic.
I dropped the ball with my vote lol. Yea, we're a constitutional republic.
That is far from the truth, we were founded as a republic. The founders clearly stated that.
Yes, they STATED that. But then, so does Vladimir Putin. The reality was that only 5-15% of the population of the United States had a voice in their government at the time of the Constitution...that looks a lot like an oligarchy to me.
A limited government, as the founders intended. I'm waiting for those who ignorantly think we are a democracy.
Democracy | Define Democracy at Dictionary.comde·moc·ra·cy [dih-mok-ruh-see] Show IPA
noun, plural de·moc·ra·cies.
1.
government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
2.
a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies.
3.
a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.
4.
political or social equality; democratic spirit.
5.
the common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to their political power.
Yes, they STATED that. But then, so does Vladimir Putin. The reality was that only 5-15% of the population of the United States had a voice in their government at the time of the Constitution...that looks a lot like an oligarchy to me.
So are you saying they intended an oligarchy? Or are you not in the comprehension of that things didn't go as quickly as they do today?
Better than those wannabe pedants who think we aren't:
Democracy | Define Democracy at Dictionary.com
A representative republic falls within the scope of the definition of democracy. The poll should have been multi-choice. The U.S. is a democracy, and more specifically it is a republic.
Why is this question being considered over and over and over? Are people feeling insecure and wanting to seem to establish their intellectual bona fides by demonstrating their rather limited grasp of the history of government?
I think they intended to have a society that was led by white, property-owning males...essentially the elite class of their era. I would call that an oligarchy.
I think the whole "the US is not a direct and pure democracy (and was not planned as such)!!" thing is dumb. Like, who doesn't know that. At what primary school grade do we learn about rights and representation.
Wow, you are really ignorant of our founding fathers. That is in no way the truth.
It was founded as an oligarchy, because only about 5-15% of the people living within the United States were eligible to vote at the time the Constitution was ratified. Since then, it has evolved into a representative republic.
Tell me where in the founding docs it mentions "democracy". Democracy is where the majority rules. A Republic is where there is a law, and a limited government.
No. It was a Limited Republic, which is what it should still be. However, as we've opened the Right to Vote up to more and more groups of people, the quality of the voting pool has been greatly dilluted and that has done significant damage to the country as a whole.
Tell me where in the founding docs it mentions "democracy". Democracy is where the majority rules. A Republic is where there is a law, and a limited government.