what are the failures of democracy?
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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!
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failure of meeting the policy objectives
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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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absolute democracy is tyranny
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I heard about that - it's pathetic that people in a demotcratic society have to be bribed to vote.\n\nFP
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C.  Lack of stability is not always a bad thing.  It means that thing can be changed (albeit for good or bad)  I would prefer to have both democracy and liberty, with the knowledge that things could be changed if the got bad enough.  Power to the people, in other words.  Of course, with a lack of stability comes the responsibility to be an active, participating citizen, less the fringe run away with everything.  Not a choice for the faint of heart, but a worthwhile one, nonetheless.
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No. Democracy will tear apart a nation when the people figure out how to vote money for themselves, thus making government top heavy.  This is the main reason our founders set us up as a Federal Republic, to keep power evenly divided so that no one group had too much power
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A wise man once said that democracy is the worst form of government there is , but it's better than all the rest
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too many people want to be in charge, old saying "too many cheifs not enough indians" democracy is a system for the people and by the people. if the common person does not stand up for it it will falter.
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WAR.\nisraeli CANCER.\nStupid LIES!(governmental mistakes).\nIt's along list believe me,but these are on the top.
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1. Corruption\n2. Wrong economic programs\n3. Bickerings of politicians
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I can't be very specific but I know a democracy is a system where the people vote for their representatives and all the laws/bi-laws that govern the country.
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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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see http://www.thebigview.com/greeks/democritus.html
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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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Economic failures - taking a record budget surplus and turning it into a record deficit.\n\nWar - A rush to judgment following 9/11 and thus getting the nation embroiled into a never-ending war in Iraq which has cost countless lives.\n\nLies, Thievery, Deceit - Look at the 2000 election that covers all 3, but let's not stop there.  Let's add Moral Degredation to the list and then we can include Foley, Abramoff and other fun people - oops, let's not forget his good friends at Enron.\n\nMaking the Country A Joke - mostly by his misstatements and mispronounced words as well as such things as his famous "back-rub" for the leader of Germany.\n\nTurning his back on education - Concentrating instead on standardized tests so that kids come out of schools now knowing how to take a test, but knowing little else.  A recent survey showed America was something like 49 out of 50 countries in the world when it came to education.\n\nIgnoring the Plight of Disaster Victims - Talk to the Katrina victims who still have no place to live and are waiting for government aid and housing while there are thousands of empty trailers sitting around empty.\n\nTax Cuts For The Rich - catering to the wealthy while watching the erosion of the middle class.\n\nHigh Gas Prices - Did everyone enjoy paying $3 or more for a gallon of gas?  \n\nOverall - The Bush legacy will be one of Failure, Failure and more Failure.  Scholars generally agree that the worst President in history was James Buchanan in the mid-1800's.  It's time for James to move over, here comes Dubya to take his place.
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First you have to destroy the constitution. And then everyone has to be informed on all the issues.  Then by some miracle pull off a democracy. Even social clubs have a leadership, because when you have more than one person it is impossible to have total agreement on everything. A true democracy has NEVER exsisted.  We are a Federal Republic, which means you vote for reprentatives.\n\nA democracy leads into a tyranny, because with a true democracy it is at it's essence mob rule with no protection for those in the minority