How Should Democracy Really Work?
Please Take Our Survey Here: http://testu.be/2015TTSurvey Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Today, the term is so broad that even countries with seemingly undemocratic political structures...
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The term democracy has taken on many different meanings throughout history. Today, the termis so broad that even countries with seemingly undemocratic political structures still callthemselves democracies. So then, what is a democracy?Well, simply put, a democracy is a system of governance where everyone IN the groupgets an equal say in what happens TO the group. That’s why the roots of this word are “demos”- Greek for “people”, and “kratia” - Greek for “power”. The people hold thepower. The ancient Greeks from around the 5th century BC are generally credited withofficially establishing this as a political philosophy, but it may have emerged even earlier.The concept of democracy is simple, fair, and pretty much common-sense. Except whenit’s not.Take...
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The term democracy has taken on many different meanings throughout history. Today, the termis so broad that even countries with seemingly undemocratic political structures still callthemselves democracies. So then, what is a democracy?Well, simply put, a democracy is a system of governance where everyone IN the groupgets an equal say in what happens TO the group. That’s why the roots of this word are “demos”- Greek for “people”, and “kratia” - Greek for “power”. The people hold thepower. The ancient Greeks from around the 5th century BC are generally credited withofficially establishing this as a political philosophy, but it may have emerged even earlier.The concept of democracy is simple, fair, and pretty much common-sense. Except whenit’s not.Take...
