* "Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."\n o Winston Churchill, Speech in the House of Commons (11 November 1947)\n\n\nDo you agree, and if so, do you have a better alternative?
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Unfortunately, we do need government for national defense, etc.\nHowever, Government should be run like a successful business. Instead of a president, we should have a C.E.O.\nHe should be in charge of running the organization with efficiency and answering to the shareholders (taxpayers).\nHe is elected, but can easily be fired if he does not do his job correctly.\nThe same holds true for the others. We no longer call them politicians, but government managers. That way we actually get value from them.\nWho in their right mind, would actually pay for government services, except he was forced to by the guns of government forces?\nTherefore, the free market should supply many of the services that government now has a monopoly on.\nThrough competitive values, those services would become more efficient.
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People have a very warped idea of democracy.\n\nIt technically is impossible but without it, it cannot form.\n\nIn the beginning, they siad that woman could not vote and men could.  It was siad to be an unfair democracy.\nThen they tried to make it fairer and then realised that they was stopping the general public from having an input and corrected that to ensure democracy is fair.\nThen there was the death penalty and is it inhumane to use this as punishment and this country (Canada) removed that and there is still discussion about corperal punishment - We are deneying children of the right to not be spanked and imposing our thought that it is OK on our children.  Some countried have banned that, and then they found there was still other unfairnesses that do not line up with the definition of democracy so that it is fair to.\n\nTo really get a good idea of what is right and wrong, we can't just consider our own views and votes but how they effect others to.  This is the bases of the European Union and so they brought in the human rights acts and safety laws that consider everyones rights to such digities dispite the majority votes against it.  i.e. children are not spanked dispite most adults would, that is not respecting the children.\n\nThis goes on and on getting adjusted to make it fairer and fairer.\nIn a sense, democracy is about un-fairness as much as it is about fair-ness.\nJust because we have a majority vote, it does not make that vote for what ever we want right in consideration for the whole eg. death penalty.\n\nDecracy is not meant to be fair, it is meant to become fair!\nThrough democracy we learn!\n\nCREED
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Winston Churchill had a great quote about this:\n"The best arguement against democracy is a 5 minute chat with your average voter."\n\nIn short, people is stupid.  Get used to it, sorry to burst your bubble.
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We are not a Democracy. We are a representative republic. It would lead to chaos if everything that was decided went up to vote. This way you vote the representative in and if the decisions are bad ones you vote them back out. The system has a lot of checks and balances so things that are controversial can't be done quickly.
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The government is (or was) established to protect the rights of the people, not to protect the people. Government is not a scam, even though most of it is a joke. I believe that our country could use a better government, not just locally, but nationally. We as a Nation and a state deserve a better government than we currently have. The government is trying to protect our rights, but we also have private domain (this includes areas of individual life that are of no business to the govt.) We have many freedoms, they just want to protect those rights.
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Please, give me some quotes from any Democratic Party leader that encourages people to hate their country.  Even a single quote.\n\nAs for the distrust - with none of the recent presidential administrations (of either party) has done much to convince me that they're worthy of my trust.  If you're going to put blind faith in whatever government you have, then why do you care which party is in power at all?\n\nEdit (in response to your addition): again - give me one quote from a Dem party leader saying any of the things you mention.
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Every country needs a revolution. Now.\n\nFor everyone who says 'we need to vote our way to change'. When in history has this ever worked? No matter how 'good' a politician is, once they are voted in they become corrupt and kneel at the feet of whoever is giving them power. (Never the people.)\n\n"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely." - Lord Acton
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There shouldn't be. The Central Government should be respopnsible for ensuring your safety, health and education. Everything else is more effectively dealt with at a local and/or state level.\n\nA strong central government is meant to deal with large issues. Unfortunately, most central governments now micr-manage the minutae of your day-to-day life. That isn't how the founders of democracy envisioned it. Fortunately, democracy allows for the evolution of government. It will mutate to fit our needs.\n\nAs Winston Churchill said, "Democracy is the worst form of government...except all the others that have been tried from time to time."
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Democracy is the best we've had so far.  I would like to see more direct democracy in the future.\n\nThe converse of democracy is a dictatorship.  There are many advantages to a dictatorship as well.  Countries with dictatorships essentially take a greater gamble.  A democracy will never vote in the best leader for a country, because the average IQ and political knowledge of a country is not great enough to make this decision.  A dictatorship with a perfect leader would enjoy a strong government for the leader's lifetime.\n\nThe problem with a dictatorship is that when a bad leader is in place, or when power gets the better of them, the country is stuck with them.\n\nKeep in mind that the most deadly dictator of our time, Hitler, was born out of a German democracy.  Now, Hitler never won more than 37% of the vote.  Somehow, the majority government fell and handed the power to him by default.  \n\nAll I can say is that we still have a lot to learn about what makes a great government system.\n\n\np.s...I agree with the comments about communism, but must mention that this is a separate issue from democracy.  A Democratic Communist state could theoretically exist, and it may just happen in the future.  Keep in mind that it may be much ado about nothing.  We call ourselves a Capitalist state, but are far from the true meaning of Capitalist.  All in all, we are a mild socialist state.   Likewise, a future Democracic Communist state would likely not be a true communist state, but simply a stronger form of socialist state.\n\nIe.,,,the possible futures of China or Russia.
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Yes (to the no democracy thing), but don't be fooled by the whole party politics thing.  This is much bigger and more unpleasant than that.  The public all over the world are being lied to all the time about what's really going on. You might not believe me if I tried to tell you so can I just suggest that you do some research?  Yes, there's a lot of crap out there, and I'm not even talking about Alistair Campbell and his ilk - they're scum; we owe it to ourselves to find out the truth.  The Government, like the police and the armed forces, are supposed to be working for the citizens, not against them.  Until we start taking responsibility for our own actions or lack of them, we're unlikely to to find things changing for the better.  We have to find ways of promoting and upholding peace and justice around the world, not the legal system(s).  Peace may be one of our best weapons.\n\nNo (to the "is it honourable" question)
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The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are\nwilling to work and give to those who would not.\n - Thomas Jefferson\n\nThe U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.\n - Benjamin Franklin\n\nThat government is best which governs least.\n - Thomas Paine
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Yes, it's still very true! I've also heard somewhere that people deserve the kind of president they elect (not that Bush was actually democratically elected, or anything). If people are willing to sit idly by and let their country turn into a dictatorship, they deserve whatever they get!
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If we believe Tyler, the average age of a democracy is 200 years, then we should be close to the end!!! \n\nBut the theory is flawed, what about the ability to self-correct. Most democracies are driven by not just policies set 200 years ago but also by changes made to it over time. In fact, I would argue that these chain of events would more likely be valid for a dictatorship than a democracy. \n\nAs long as the democracy is willing to change and improve it will remain robust. \n\nAs for statistics for the Bush-Gore elections, they just state the obvious ...majority of the poor voted for democrats while rich voted for republicans.
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Communism is the ideal government but it will never work because we do not live in a perfect world. The sad fact is that people have an evil or sinful nature. The government will also be corrupt, because power is hard to control.  Socialism is maybe a better option.
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Well you are not alone in feeling a revolution needs to happen.  Many countries all over the world, including Canada which is where I am from keep hearing these politicians issuing statements such as "when we came to power".  They seem to forget who gave them power.  The whole political structure needs reviewing.  Through out the so called Democratic world, we have allowed a reversal of the way things are supposed to be.  We ask for protection and economic management, but instead get laws, restriction, and control.  Politicians seem to ignore written constitutions which BELONG TO THE PEOPLE.  They are supposed to uphold these terms and conditions.  We have allowed it to happen, and need to understand that politics will not change unless we make them change.  It's our car, and they are the chauffeurs.  We want a ride not to be told how to sit.  They will not change unless we change and that is by making our demands fully apparent.
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-------"If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made not for the public good so much as for the selfish or local purposes:----------Noah Webster\n\n-------"Corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizens will be violated or disregarded.-----------------------Noah Webster\n\n-------"If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws."-------------Noah Webster\n\nI Guess The Guy KNEW What He Was Talkin About, Because It Has Become APPARENT That We Have CORRUPT Men In Office, Our PUBLIC REVENUES Are Being Squandered, And The RIGHTS Of Our CITIZENS Are Being VIOLATED  \n\n               Freedom and justice are fading memories, the U.S. Constitution is "just a goddamn piece of paper," and the election process has been undermined. The jobs have been shipped overseas, the economy is hopeless, the environment is being raped, the Army is "broken," the infrastructure is crumbling, our borders are being dissolved, and every dollar or gold nugget that was subject to being looted, is already gone. With the entire nation and its population deep in debt, crashing the economy is a simple matter of raising interest rates, which will allow the bankers to once again scoop up all mortgaged property, and force its inhabitants out into the street. Instead of calling it illegal immigration, we should be calling it a foreign invasion, because the consequences of this invasion are as terminal to our freedoms and to our way of life as any act of terrorism ever perpetrated against us! The United States is being invaded - FOREIGN INVADERS.  \n\n             The American people need to understand that the United States is under attack! \nNo, not by Iraq or Iran, but by Mexico! Yes, Martha, you had better believe it. \nThe Mexican government is deliberately and systematically working to destabilize and undermine the very fabric and framework of American society. \n             And President George W. Bush and Senators John McCain and Ted Kennedy (among others) are aiding and abetting this effort. "  \n\n\n               Gramsci, a young communist who died in one of Mussolini's prisons in 1937 at the age of 46, conjured up the notion of a 'quiet' revolution that could be diffused throughout a culture -- over a period of time -- to destroy it from within.  He was the first to suggest that the application of psychology to break the traditions, beliefs, morals, and will of a people could be accomplished quietly and without the possibility of resistance. \n    \n\n---------" Be not intimidated... nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice"---------------------: John Adams\n\n                  My goodness we are being invaded by dishwashers, cooks, fruit pickers,hotel workers. \n\nAnd MS-13. And try to sell the image of the sweet, hard working Mexican people someplace else because I know better\n\n----------"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."------- Edmund Burke   \n\n\n                  And what do you think you'll have when you destroy the American people and the American infrastructure?. \n                   Do you think you'll be free? Do you think you'll be masters of your destiny?  \n Think again because the people that you are supporting - the illegal invaders to America aren't educated enough and they aren't smart enough.  They will turn America into the same kind of country that Mexico is - a fascist state with a tiny minority
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I am with you all the way. One of my favorite jokes is "how can you tell if a politician is lying...Watch his lips move" The government can pretty much do as they want but let a normal American citizen try some of that stuff and watch what happens. We have no privacy and Democracy is a joke anymore...