what is democracy means now a days?
374819
Now a days people misuse the term democracy to mean capitalism. Sometimes they go together, but they are two very different concepts that can exist indepent of each other too.
702955
In a true Democracy, everyone would vote on every desision.\nSo it's not a true democracy.\nIt is a representative democracy, basically a republic.\nWe vote for the people that will make the decisions instead of voting on every decision.
734796
Democracy (literally "rule by the people", from the Greek demos, "people," and kratos, "rule") is a form of government for a nation state, or for an organization in which all the citizens have an equal vote or voice in shaping policy or electing government officials. While the term democracy is often used in the context of a political state, the principles are also applicable to other bodies, such as universities, labor unions, public companies, or civic organizations.............enjoy just dont believe it actually exists!
963788
Yes, I like living in a democracy.Its what hundreds of thousands of good men and women gave their lives for in the TWO world wars. Those people believed they were fighting for 'free speech' and the right to have a say in the running of this country.We have pseudo MPs here;they are dictators (most of them anyway)
1002488
Democracy is a front word.  The goal is to spread democracy all over the globe to create a new world order, all countries ruled under one leader ship.  Which in reality there are those who control everything anyway, but slowly they instill fear (like the fake government sponsored 9-11 event http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848&q=loose+change)into the sheeple to make the transition unnoticable.
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BEFORE IT WAS A KING'S RULE---U KNOW TERRITORY AND STUFF--THE WORD GOVERNMENT ARISES ONLY WHEN THE PEOPLE HAVE A SAY IN SOMETHING HEARD OF DEMOCRACY THAT IS WHAT WE R HAVING NOW
669021
Democracy is direct rule by a population through an elected leader.  Monarchy is a system in which the king could potentially not do what the public wants.
812603
Depends--What's your idea of "real democracy"?  Is it where citizens vote for who they want to lead them?  Is so, then I seem to recall a few newspapers might have had a FRIGGIN HUGE PURPLE-INKED THUMB ON THEIR FRONT PAGES after elections in Iraq.  I'm not really sure what that means, though.  Maybe it's just a secret club or something.
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Yes, it is.  (It's also a republic, capitalist, etc.)  It's not a "direct" democracy in the sense of submitting everything to a direct vote of the people, but the people do have ultimate power.  As a practical matter, the people frequently don't exercise the power they have -- they often don't bother voting, or don't educate themselves on issues -- but the power is there if they choose.
603111
many people argue that there really is no such thing as a true democracy.\nEven in the greatest democracies we still elect leaders who may or may not really represent the voice of the people.\nPerhaps a true democracy would operate something like American Idol, where we pick up a phone and text our votes on every issue that comes up.\nThere's a thought!
73237
Democracy is a form of government where the population of a society controls the government.\n\nWiki has pages of infromation.
352346
Yes.\nUntil we have a public that is educated in political machinations and process, democracy is glorified mob rule. While politicians are becoming more secretive, corporations more powerful, and television stretches its influence as a glass teat of apathy, democracy will remain as mob rule- or at least easily manipulated through fear, catering to the selfish and the fearful more than the future.
486475
If the truth be told - there is no such thing as 'democracy' for all, and there never will be.\nSociety needs rules, the moment you have rules, you interfere with someones freedom - that is not democratic.
380165
The U.S. is not a Democracy,It is a Representative Republic.\nIt does not matter what 100% vote for,What matters is what our elected law makers vote for.\nThis generation does not even know what kind of government they have.
37196
Democracy is a form of government where the people make the decisions. People mistake the US for a democracy, but we are not. We select the people that make the decisions, and this is what a republic is about.
659564
There are more democratic nations in the world today as many countries have shifted towards democracy following the break up of the U.S.S.R and the re-unification of Germany.
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Quoth the ever-insightful Merriam-Webster: Democracy is "a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections."\n\nSo, assuming people are voting in free elections, the election is democratic - C got the most votes, ergo C gets the position.  However, while democratic, the system is obviously not ideal in that it is easy for a candidate to win without a majority.  To remedy this, many systems of voting use alternate methods such as run-off elections or even preferential ranking of candidates.  But while this may not be the most representative form of voting, it is democratic nonetheless.