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Originally Posted by Foolosophy
there arent any in the world today.
(its a Greek word and an ancient Greek concept - look it up, its 2 Greek words "demos" and "kratia" - when you understand what these 2 words mean and how they unite to form a very simple concept, I am sure that you will agree with me that there aren't any democratic nations in the world today. Its not just about casting a vote every few years as a citizen of a country)
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I'm glad we can agree on this. However, if you were to read
The Federalist Papers (which I encourage you to do) you would know that there is a problem with this. Greek democracy cannot work in a large country with different interest like America. That is why you need pluralism, so that the interests of one group cannot dominate other people. This freedom is the object of democracy.