Does the U.S. really have the righ tto impose our democratic way of life on other countries and cultures?
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Morally, no nation has the right to impose it's will on another. \n\nMilitarily, the US has the power to make other nations do as it pleases. \n\nThroughout history, might has usually made right. However, there are usually consequences for enforcing one's will on another nation. In time, nations/empires that impose their will usually collapse because of weakened infrastructure, citizen apathy, and internal rebellion against tyranny. \n\nI'm really confused as to why we(the human race) have not worked to build a better world. I think we're trying, but there are so many man made obstacles in our way that prevent us from building the most human friendly world. \n\nI think we'll get there, or kill ourselves in the process. Keep working to make the world a better place is all I can say.
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I don't think Americans Have a complete democracy like any other Asian Countries do have.  There had been many conversory always happening in Presidental Election. If you had heard the speech last time election propoganda you can see it. Other wise, majority of people in America do like war and killing the people. But I don't think so, although they had criminal cutlure in back ground.\n   \n  I have seen some answers here, don't consider american in one category.  Unfortunately many americans have this problems. Americans have superiority in their thinking pattern.\nAnd other answers here it's like very pathetic.  No one has answered correctly to your question.\n\n  If Americans don't change their attitude to other nations, they have to suffer, see the Latin American countries Have been changed. I don't think If any Indian can support to America today. Moreover, day by day Indians comment against americans.
873287
I love the American politics. The real democracy exists only in America.
328138
It's not quite that simple. We are not true democracy, but a representative democracy, which has the same principles, but obviously everyone in the whole country does not need to vote on every single thing that passes through congress, ese we would spend our entire lives in the poll lines. Anyway, direct democracies only work in very small countries with a minute population.
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Yes it is there are many different cultures, languages,traditions, and beliefs in the U.S. the U.S. is a country of which ppl of different race and skin color can be free to believe in wat they want to and don't have to worry about ppl criticizing them about it.
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Any type of government is a game for politicians, no matter how you look at it. And not all of us think democracy is good, I don't. After all, it got George Bush elected. Besides, democracy is basically one of the easiest games for liars, and we certainly have a lot of them in this society. We Americans tend to push our views on other people, we're like the big bullies of the playground. We refuse to see other societies views. Sometimes what seems the best isn't.
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I have a better question...do you even know what a socialist democratic society is? Its like communism, it does not work, it will not work, it has not worked. Therefore the answer is that U.S. should not become a socialist democratic country because it would not work. Look at the USSR, Cuba, China, Vietnam and old governments in Latin America. If you look at all, IT WAS A COMPLETE DISASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!! And China? yeah it only has nuclear weapons and fussion and fission bombs as well as that the U.S is totaly dependent on it, thats the only reason why it still survived, but are the people happy? NO, HA!!! not in a million years-well only the government that is rich is, but otherwise it is no. China is lucky that it has a spiritual side instead of materialism. But U.S. is not, we are materialistic and involved in a consumer society. Hence we would fail miserably as a Socialist-Democratic Country. No one would be happy.
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You are absolutely right.  Why are we pushing our failed model of democracy onto others?  How is our president comfortable with himself for pedaling that out to other countries?, just knowing that he was not elected by democratic means.\n\nto change a culture's attitude, something big has to happen, apparently bigger than 9-11 or Katrina.... ooooo! scary times!!\n\nIf you find out how to change a culture's attitude, then lets go to Africa to do away with some of the corruption and lack of women's rights, etc.; those things that keep AIDS spinning out of control.
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I believe this will not happen in my life time. People in the USA believe we already live in a democracy, but we don't. We live in a land of freedoms, but not democracy. If we did, we would have many more choices to vote for in elections instead of being offered only what the two parties offer for the most part. If we were a democracy the people would have more say regarding taxes, how our money is spent and have a press that is factual and not what the prevailing government wants whether it is democratics or republicans. A true democractic society is run by the people for the people. I am 63 and we haven't had that yet since i have been around.
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Actually the U.S. is a republic, not a democracy.  \n\nI'm not going to argue politics with a foreigner.
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there is the democratic republic - which the USA has.  They elect people to legislate on their behalf - and elect the leader as well.\n\nThere is the democratic monarchy - which the UK and others have.  It still elects those to legislate for them - but the leader is there by birthright (there are still a couple where the monarch is not just a figure head).\n\nThere is plain democracy, which does not exist to my knowledge anymore, it was in ancient Greece, where there was no real "leader" and that while there was a senate to deal with certain issues, one person = one vote on main issues.\n\nI suppose you could also include the democratic dictatorship where there is "an election" every so many years and surprisingly the "leader" keeps getting re-elected. basically one person = no vote.\n\nThere was the attempt at democratic socialism, but am not sure as much about that.
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I am pro-American all the way but in my time in the Marines I learned that the rest of the world does not think like the US.  One of the biggest faults I see in the US is that most Americans honestly believe the rest of the world thinks like us. This is not true.  Another big problem is a lot in the US believe that the rest of the world wants to be like us as well.  That is also not true.\n\nThis is a problem I have given a lot of thought to and honestly I do not know of a solution to this.  You can look through here at the partisan answers and tell that there are some people that plan out you will not change their minds.
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No.  It is an outdated and flawed system that is representative of qualities similar to that of the British empire in which our forefathers fought so desperately to get away from.  We are becoming the United Empire of America....it is a very scary time in our history.  I think politics have outgrown the fair representation of Americans.
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Yeah, but we're the richest and most powerful country in the world, so the rules don't REALLY apply when they're not convienent, do they?  We're not worried about being MORAL, just as long as we can wage unilateral war to make OTHERS moral.\n\nWe're America, we don't have to worry about being hypocrites.
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Like stated before, US is a flavor of democracy but ...\nthere are many aspects which aren't consistent with democratic principles. \nOne would be the lack of transparency and games of interests. Guess you've noticed how many decisions taken by the elected administration have been done behind the back of the people they are supposed to represent and protect. Creating an atmosphere of insecurity, furthering own interests, limitations of civil liberties, etc ... these are signs of a totalitarian system, not democracy. Maybe some infrigements on liberties are necessary in the current sstuation but that doesn't mean they are acceptable in a system that wants to appear democratic.\nAlso the relativity of freedom. A very small part of the media is actually free because those members of the media that aren't subjects in a race for profits serve the politicians. The result is that media doesn't want to inform the people, it wants to give them what sells best. This way the people aren't free because they won't be fully in touch with what happens around, they aren't fully controlled either, just in a state of half-thruts and sometimes deceit. Biased info, govt cover-up attempts (like the failures in Iraq, secret prisons, etc), these aren't part of democracy.
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Goes back to a point I made in another question...who died and made the US king of the world?  Why can't they fix their own problems and let well enough alone...just because we don't like something doesn't mean it is our responsibility to change it.  However, having said that I do think it is good for all countries to be fair and democratic but not if it's done by the barrel of a US gun.  As for making a country fair and democratic perhaps Bush Co could start with America?
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There is hardly any need for America to conceal its hypocrisy.  \n\nPost war (World War II) American Governments have supported autocratic regimes in Central and South America.  Such regimes in the Persian Gulf region receive American support.  America had the tradition of suppressing democratic movements in these regions.  Yet America claims to be in the forefront for establishing democracy everywhere in the world.\n\nExistence of WMD  was flaunted as one of the reasons for attacking Iraq, while all reports clearly indicated that there was no WMD with Iraq.