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Democracy 12 66.67%
Communism 1 5.56%
Socialism 3 16.67%
Marxism 0 0%
Totaitarianism 1 5.56%
Dictatorship 1 5.56%
Theocracy 1 5.56%
Monarchy 1 5.56%
Other 2 11.11%
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Old 03-16-2008, 08:33 AM
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What Type Of Goverment do You Prefer? If you want a combination of two or more choose them both then click vote.

Democracy: The free and equal right of every person to participate in a system of government, often practiced by electing representatives of the people by the majority of the people

Communism: The political theory or system in which all property and wealth is owned in a classless society by all the members of that society

Socialism: Economic system which is based on cooperation rather than competition and which utilizes centralized planning and distribution.

Marxism: The political and economic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in which the concept of class struggle plays a central role in understanding society's allegedly inevitable development from bourgeois oppression under capitalism to a socialist and ultimately classless society.

Totalitarian: Characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control

Dictatorshp: Form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or a small clique

Theocracy: A government which claims to be immediately directed by God, and divinely blessed. The country tends to be intolerant either passively or overtly to faiths other than that recognized by the state. The country identifies itself and its laws within religion and religious doctrine. There is no legal separation between church and state, and citizens of other faiths are often excluded or hampered from participation or expelled.

Monarchy" A government or state in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch (known as an absolute or despotic monarchy when the monarch's authority is not limited by laws or a constitution, and as a limited or constitutional monarchy when the monarch's authority is so limited.

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I understand what you mean by a 'democracy' but the US is not actually a democracy. And we are fortunate it is not.
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I understand what you mean by a 'democracy' but the US is not actually a democracy. And we are fortunate it is not.
Republic????????????????????????
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Republic????????????????????????

We live in a Representative Republic, technically. The US can also be regarded as a Constitutional Republic, but we still rely on representation and not democratic rule. Either way, it's not a true democracy. Our Founding Fathers were wise men.
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We live in a Representative Republic, technically. The US can also be regarded as a Constitutional Republic, but we still rely on representation and not democratic rule. Either way, it's not a true democracy. Our Founding Fathers were wise men.
It's semantics, but you're probably thinking of "direct democracy" A representative republic is considered one of the subsets of "democracy".
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