How come America pushes Democracy onto others when we don’t even practice a true Democracy?
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Anonymous
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it's a front for the american empire, they're not gonna just come out and say we want your land, unless you happen to be native american.
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we don't push true democracy on people either. setting up a pro-us government that holds elections with candidates that are approved by us is not exactly true democracy.
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To America "democracy" is a buzzword. It's used to justify all kinds of meddling in in foreign governments' affairs - even to the point of military invasion - that the US would never in a million year tolerate on its own soil. The US isn't the ultimate evil that some like to portray it as, but like all big, powerful, and rich countries, it defends that position with whatever means available. And uses nice, "press friendly" language to justify it. +5
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You're right. America is not really a democracy, it's a republic. As stated in the pledge of Allegiance, "In the Republic for which it stands..." Defined as a state or government-- specifically one headed by a president, in which the power is exercised by officials elected by voters. The U.S introduces this to other countries because this is the system that has worked the best--in fact, the best in the world.
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I don't understand what you mean by "true" democracy. The U.S. government is elected by the people, who have the opportunity to elect a different person every four years.
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Because that's what America is good for: hypocrisy not democracy. I believe that is a trait inhereted from Christianity: do as I tell you not as I do
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In all actuality America is not a democracy, it is a Democratic Republic. However we are closer to true Democracy than most, and our system has stood the test of time, at least for the past 232 years or so. It quite possibly be that we are being truly altruistic in wanting others to enjoy the same freedoms we so easily take for granted.
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